Total pages in book: 51
Estimated words: 47279 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 236(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 158(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47279 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 236(@200wpm)___ 189(@250wpm)___ 158(@300wpm)
“You know Ramona,” he looks at me intently. “If someone had told me when I was thirteen years old that I’d fall in love with the girl next door, I would never have believed that I could be so lucky.”
I blush at his words, feeling a little teary-eyed.
“To be honest,” Carlton continues, “I wish we hadn’t lost those twelve years together. I would give almost anything to go back in time and to re-do that day. To stay in touch. To have found a way to keep you in my life.”
To my complete and utter surprise, Carlton drops down to one knee directly in front of me. “I can’t go back in time and tell that punk kid to be nice to a little girl with pigtails, but I can do this here, now, to make sure that we never spend another moment apart.”
Carlton reaches into his pocket and pulls out a dazzling ring with a diamond center and encircled with delicate, sapphire stones. My breath stops in my chest as I look at him with wide brown eyes. Is this really happening? Sure enough it is, because Carlton looks at me, his voice choked with emotion.
“Ramona Monk, will you marry me? Will you do me the honor of becoming Mrs. Carlton James?”
I stare at the gorgeous man for a moment, my heart too full to be able to formulate words. Tears start to fill my eyes and all I can do for a moment is nod my head.
“Yes, yes!” I finally murmur, my entire body trembling with excitement. “Yes, I’d love to become your wife.”
And with that, Carlton pulls me into his embrace, both of us ready to enter this next new and happy phase of our lives, together forever.
THE END