After she says yes, Kendall falls toward me with her arms open, and I catch her. We kiss as tears stream down her cheeks. “I love you so much,” I tell her.
“I love you more,” she taunts.
I never imagined I could feel so strongly about another person. It should be illegal, but knowing that she wants to spend forever with me makes me the happiest man alive. We’re so lost in the moment, holding each other and laughing, that I realize I never gave her the ring.
As if she read my mind, she giggles, and I reach for the black box that’s toppled on the floor a few feet away. I take it out and slip it on her finger. She gasps, and her face lights up.
“Ryan,” she whispers, studying it on her hand. “This is so… beautiful.”
“After I asked your dad—”
“Wait, you actually asked my parents for permi
