was Laura, who was stepping back beside the rest of the girls. On the other side were their
boyfriends, and some of our other friends.
Looking into Devin’s dark eyes, I couldn’t believe that he looked genuinely terrified. He was
always so confident and self-assured. The only other time I’d ever seen him look nervous
was when I had thought I might be leaving him.
Swallowing hard, it finally dawned on me what was happening, and my fingers began to
twitch.
“Kim, you know I’m not a poet, or creative like your friends. I’m just a straight-up guy who
wants to give you as much of the world as he can.”
He took a breath, squeezing my hands in his as he looked at me so intensely that it made
me jumpy. I gave him a little nod and smile to say that everything was going well. He
instantly looked relieved, nodding back, as he kept going.
“Kim, I never thought I would find a woman half as wonderful as you are. I am the luckiest
man in the world to have you in my life at all, but I’m going to push my luck even further.
Baby, will you be my wife, and let me try to make you happy every single day forever?”
He tried to reach into his pocket, but I threw my arms around him, kissing him hard while
murmuring, “Yes. I would love to be your wife. Yes.”
“I love you so much, Kim,” he murmured against my lips. “I’ll do everything for you, baby.”
He gently pushed me back into my chair. “But first, let me get a ring on your finger to make
it official.”
He pulled out a tiny black box, then held it open so that I could see the ring. But my eyes
were blurry with tears, and honestly, I wouldn’t have cared if it was the tackiest thing I’d
ever seen in my life.
Slipping the ring onto my finger, he held it up and kissed it, then kissed my hand. Pulling him
back against me, I whispered, “I love you, and that was a much bigger proposal than I
would ever have expected.”
“Are you nuts, baby? I’m going to go all out for you, for every occasion. By the way, we’re
spending a long weekend in Miami next month, then we are planning two weeks in Europe
for the summer. Since you didn’t get a real vacation this year, I think we should go crazy.”
“If I had gone away, I wouldn’t have met you,” I laughed.