“Is there anything I can help you with, gentlemen? Oh my goodness, it’s beautiful. It’s a Galadriel ring, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“Are you going to propose?” she asked.
“Yep, but don’t say anything, or I’m going to look a fool if she says no.”
“Come on, let’s get you back there before you lose your nerve,” Brian said.
They hobbled back to the seat and Cassi was still reading. “Think you need to put that down a minute,” Declan said.
“I reckon as you came all the way across the world to look after me, I might have a good chance with this. Cassi. Will you marry me?”
“Yes, a hundred times, yes.”
Everyone cheered as he opened the box.
“I knew how you loved the books, and being in New Zealand, it seemed right.”
She let him slip the ring on her finger and helped him up so they could hug and kiss to more cheers from everyone.
“I take that as a challenge.”
He intended to spend the rest of his life making this woman love him more, and when they got home tonight, he would start by making her scream with pleasure just like he had before. Life was good.
The End
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