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She’s never looked so beautiful.
“Kaylee, I have loved you since the moment I caught you in my arms on campus. I let us fall once, and I’ll never let that happen again. You are the most important thing in my life, and without you, my life felt incomplete.”
She bites her bottom lip.
“We’ve both made mistakes and that just proves we’re human. Young. Growing. Let’s do it together.”
More biting on her lip while people around us are making cooing noises.
My heart thumps as I ask the next question.
With an audience.
“Kaylee Lilly Rose. Will you do me the honor of being my wife?”
She nods once.
I lift a brow, waiting in agony.
“Yes.” She nods more. “Yes.” Then she launches herself at me and I swear if I wasn’t a quarterback, this little pocket rocket would’ve bowled me over. “Yes, Levi Montgomery, I will marry you.”
The room erupts into cheers as I crush my mouth to hers.
It’s the most impulsive and best moment in my entire life. One I will never live to regret.
Kaylee is mine.
She’s always been mine.
And always will be mine.
“I’m going to need the photos and videos,” I say to the crowd around us when I stand with her in my arms. “By the way, this is Kaylee. My fiancé.”
“Kaylee?” We hear behind us.
I drop her feet back to the floor and we turn to face her mom.
“Mom, I need to tell you the whole story.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
KAYLEE
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We step into my father’s room. He’s hooked up to a bunch of machines and is as pale as I’ve ever seen him. The doctors said we only have about five minutes with him.
Mom has been back in since we explained everything.
Well, not everything.
Levi and I decided to exclude the cheating. That’s between us. I never slept with Colby and he’s right. I had no choice but to kiss him that night. I’ve always saidhekissed me. Not the other way around.
I’m grateful he’s finally listened to my side of the story and even had the foresight to tell me I was innocent.
I do love him for that.
I told Mom we should wait to tell Dad we were engaged.