Chapter 308: Stranded, Part 2

Trent took my left hand, which was now trembling and clammy. "You are everything I have ever wanted, everything I thought I'd never find, everything I thought I'd never be able to have." He licked his lips and met my eyes.

His were so sharp and piecing yet filled with a love so deep I still couldn't wrap my mind around it, whereas mine were red and puffy and once again filled with tears.

"Chloe Marie Madison," he said, his voice like velvet.

I shivered at the way he said my name.

He gave me that sexy smile that always made my knees weak. "I love you more than anything, and I want to spend eternity showing you just how much." He produced a gold band with a solitary diamond in the center. "Will you marry me?"

"Yes." The word came out strangled, though, because I could never speak coherently when I was crying, so I nodded, too, wanting to make sure there was no confusion about my answer.

"Yeah?" He raised a brow.