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"You guys, I'm in love with all of you. I couldn't ask for a happier Christmas. I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for understanding. I promise to always be transparent with you from this day forward."

That's all she ever needed to say. Together, we embrace her and what started out as a bleak and sad day has turned into one of the happiest I can remember. As long as Alyssa's in my life, and I don't care how, I'm happy.

Ford whips out a couple bottles of champagne, Crystal, only the best. Someone gets the champagne flutes and we start to celebrate this merry holiday the way it should be, by being with Alyssa forever.

I have one more thing to add that will make this girl even happier than she already is.

"You guys, do you think it's time to tell her?" I ask the group.

They are eager to comply. None of us can keep this big of a secret and for much longer.

"Alyssa," I say. "We want you to know that you have our undying love and affection, but that's not all. We want you to be a part of our organization and we want to ask you to be our official spokesperson. Will you do it?"

"Yeah," Simon says. "You will make the perfect representative for us. Say you'll do it?"

She's blushing now. I love to see her like this, right on the brink of exposure. I like to see every emotion that she's feeling.

"You guys really mean it?" she asks as if she doesn't believe it.

"Of course we do!" we say in unison.

With that, she happily responds.

"Then I accept. And most of all, I accept all of you into my heart forever."

We clink champagne glasses and it's as great of a celebration as you can imagine. But what I love most is that things are only getting started with Alyssa. I have my whole life to make her come in ecstasy and to scream out my name.

I know all of us are excited about the same thing.

Alyssa's ours to cherish, forever.

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