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A gasp leaves her mouth accompanied by more tears.
Feeling tears of my own starting to spring, I try to keep myself controlled as much as I can to be able to ask the question that I’ve been planning on asking for a while.
“Sophia Martinez, will you marry me? Will you marry me and be by my side, always and always, from now to forever?”
Not an ounce of hesitation rolls through her as she answers my question not even ten seconds later.
“Yes. Oh my god, yes. Yes, I will marry you.”
I’m not going to lie, there was a part of me that thought that she was going to say no. That she was going to fight me on this and tell me to wait a little bit longer because we are still young.I would have waited if she told me to but thank fuck she didn’t. Because now she is one step closer to being all mine.
“Yes?” I ask, just to clarify.
She nods eagerly. “Yes. A million times yes.”
With a grin, I take the ring that had designed for her out of the box and slide in onto her finger. It fits effortlessly. It’s fucking perfect.
I stand up to full height and take her face between my hands and take a second to stare into her light brown eyes.
Earlier this year, I didn’t think that I would be getting this moment. I never thought that I would tell Sophia that my heart beat for her and only her, let alone propose to her. I thought that I was going to live the rest of my life, with memories of our two nights together and having to watch as she married someone else.
Never did I think that this moment would ever come, yet here it is.
Flying high, with the woman that owes every single part me, wearing my ring on her finger and my locket around her neck.
She’s mine. She has been for years and will be for more years to come.
Sophia is my everything and I am hers and I can’t see spending my life with a better person, a better woman.
This all started when we were five years old on a chance meeting and now almost nineteen years later, it’s turning into this beautiful thing.
This woman is my best friend, the love of my life, my everything and soon she will be my wife.
Thank fuck I got my head out of my stubborn ass.
“I love you so damn much, Sophia. I don’t think I can ever explain just how deep my love for you goes.” I say, leaning forward so that my lips are barely gliding over hers. I’m hungryfor her, but at the same time I want to take my time exploring every inch of her and give her the sweetest type of pleasure.
“You don’t have to explain because I feel the same way. I love you, Blake, so damn much.”
Always and always.
That’s all I need.
That’s all I ever needed and I’m finally getting it.
Hockey or no hockey, I will always have Sophia at my side no matter what.
From now to forever.
EPILOGUE
SOPHIA
One year later
I walk down the aisle,with flowers in my hand and when I see him, I can’t help but to smile.
At the end is the man that is my everything, meeting my gaze and giving me the brightest smile known to man. It’s my favorite smile of his, one that I will always love and cherish. The fact that it’s even directed at me, still blows my mind even after everything we’ve been through.
