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“Love Eternal.”

Wait, what?“I don’t know any—”

“Shhh….” His lips grazed over my hair again. “Just feel it, Wild Horses.”

I almost opened my mouth again when he opened his. Chase rarely sang, leaving that to me. But after a few notes in, I couldn’t speak if I wanted to. I could do nothingbutfeel.

“Clear blue eyes with an angel’s voice.

My mate for the soul, my passion, my choice.

You tried to push me away, wild horses too free to tame.

My faith was strong to carry us through, to not do the same.

Devoted love, you were always mine.

Being my forever, the soul knows no time.

Writing my lyrics, your melody in my heart.

Love eternal, no end and no start.

My love eternal who brings life to my music, music to my life.

Please complete my song and say you’ll be my wife.”

I had no idea how long he’d been looking at me. I’d probably missed chunks of the song because my tears were so hard and heavy. He was reaching out, wiping them away, but they kept on coming.

“You… you wrote me a song?” I bubbled out.

“Yes, baby.” He brushed more from my cheeks. “Please say those are happy tears.”

I laughed. I was so far gone. “You’re the one who wanted me to feel,” I said softly.

His smile was so damn beautiful. I caught him reaching over into his case and pulling something out. “I also want you to say yes.”

“I….”

“Will you marry me, Jillian?”

Purple seemed to illuminate from everywhere. I started crying hysterically again. I’d never had so many ups and downs in such a short time, so many life-altering events. And now the love of my life was asking me to marry him.Rightnow.This man. God, this man…. Yes yes yes.I opened my mouth, and it tumbled out.

“I’m pregnant.”

Pregnant?

“I mean, I think I am.”

I stared into her gorgeous face streaming with tears. “Jillian,” I said softly.

“Oh God, Chase. I don’t know. But I’m almost positive I am. I hadn’t really thought about it much until today, and what I thought was my period was likely implantation spotting because it correlated around the same time and I got my ovulation twinge that same night I said I wanted a baby and I’d misjudged everything because I was so stressed, and then I felt so safe with you and you loved me so soft and so hard and—”

She gulped in a breath, and I did the same. I hadn’t been able to follow a single word. She had me at ‘pregnant.’ I was lost to everything else.

“You… you haven’t taken a test yet?”

“No, I….” She looked so dazed. I set down my guitar and pulled her against me. My life would never be the same, and I fucking couldn’t be happier.

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