MAEVEI couldn’t speak.My mind stalled, like everything inside me had short-circuited at once. Shock, disbelief, emotion, all crashing together until I felt rooted to the spot, staring down at him on one knee with a ring glittering between us.John looked up at me, hopeful and terrified all at once.I swallowed hard. “No.”The word felt heavy as it left my mouth.His face crumpled instantly, like I’d knocked the air clean out of him. For a second, I genuinely thought he was about to cry. His jaw tightened, his eyes glassy, his grip on the ring box faltering.And God help me, I felt bad.“This is too much,” I said quickly, my voice unsteady. “Everything is happening too fast. You just came back into my life days ago, and now you’re asking me to marry you?”“I never saw it as a breakup,” he said quietly. “Not really.”I shook my head, overwhelmed. “John—”“To me, we never ended,” he continued, cutting in gently. “I never stopped loving you, never stopped wanting you. I never stopped
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