Page 96 of Visions of You

He nodded. “I’ve always thought of this as our song, even if the sand we’re on is white, not gold.”

“It’s a good choice.”

He rested his forehead against mine and we moved together. We slowly swayed in the balmy air, listening to the words of the song.

Gabe exhaled a long sigh. “I take promises pretty seriously too. And I never want you to doubt me. Or us. You and I are forever, April.”

I brushed my fingers over his short hair. “I feel the same way. It took me a little while, but I believe now.”

He pulled me tight again, and I rested my head against his chest for the rest of the song. The sound was coming from all around us, but I couldn’t see any speakers. The generator hummed quietly, allowing the song to be easily heard.

When “Fields of Gold” ended, Gabe caught my face gently between his hands and brushed a kiss over my lips. With a smile, he broke away and headed back toward the generator. But he veered off and stopped before a small circular table I hadn’t noticed.

I grinned as he lifted the bottle of Macallan 30 and poured the remainder of it into two crystal tumblers. There wasn’t much more than a couple of swallows for each of us. Returning to me in the center of our lights, he handed me the glass and we clinked them together.

“There’s not enough here to sip, so bottoms up, okay?” He raised a brow.

I hadn’t done shots in years, but the scotch was so smooth I wasn’t worried about choking and coughing on it. “I’ll drink to that.”

We raised our glasses together, eyes locked. The warm liquid flooded my mouth, smoky and mysterious. I swallowed quickly just to make sure I didn’t try to take too much. As I tipped the glass up to getthe last drips, something clinked up the side of the glass and touched my lips.

Startled, I lowered the glass and dropped my eyes.

To the diamond ring lying inside the crystal tumbler.

I gasped, my heart taking flight as I snapped my head up to stare at Gabe.

He was smiling, his eyes completely focused on me. “When I say forever, I mean it. So I just have one question. Are you in or out?”

I burst into laughter, tears springing to my eyes at a dream finally realized. “In!”

My shout echoed off the stone walls around us.

Gabe’s smile widened as he took the tumbler from me and fished the ring out. He bent and set the two glasses in the sand. After rising upright again, he took my left hand and slid the ring on my third finger.

My shaking fingers made the large diamond sparkle and glitter in the overhead lights. Gabe folded my hand within his and tipped my face up with the other one. “Will you marry me?”

“Yes.” This time my answer was little more than a whisper, and my eyes overflowed. I launched myself at him, and he burst into laughter as he staggered back a step before catching me.

“I love you, Gabe.”

“Love you too.”

“Will you play the song again?”

“Of course.”

He moved back to the generator and tapped his phone. When he returned, we slipped into each other’s arms again.

Except this time everything was different.

The magical night had become even more enchanted, captured by the weight resting solidly around my finger. Our shadows stretched out on the white sand, two figures dancing in each other’s arms.

“How did you do all this?” I asked.

“Evan and Wyatt helped me. This generator was Evan’s idea. Ithought we’d have to use one of the huge, loud ones. They helped me bring everything down here, and we set it up earlier when you were on the afternoon dive.”

I laughed and shook my head. “Where’s the music coming from?”

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