Chloe's POV
"W...what? A...are you crazy?!" I ask him while raising my voice
"Probably but that's not why I'm doing this" he tells me, still down on one knee
"Are you crazy?!" I hiss at him, repeating myself
"You already said that, could you do me a favour and pick an answer, my knee is starting to hurt just a little" he joked, trying to force a smile, he was clearly super nervous
"Ryan I told you not to come after me!" I remind him, trying to seem angry when there's not a part of me that's truly angry about this is really hard
"Yeah well we both know that Jared threatened you and that's why you left" he tells me and my breath catches
I grab him, pull him up and into the apartment, shutting the door as I do
"H...how did you know that?" I ask him nervously
He steps closer to me, a lot closer, so close I can feel his breath against my cheek as he whispers in my ear
"I...know...you" he whispers in my ear in a way that sends chills down my spine
"Ryan, I...I can't" I tell him even though it kills me to say, I want to say yes so badly but I know I shouldn't
"Yes you can Chloe, he can't get to you here in New York and I promise you I will never let him near you or Gracie ever again, I will die before I let that happen" he tells me and I go wide eyed, I told him she wasn't his and he still wants to protect her?
"But what about what I told you about Gracie in the letter?" I ask him in confusion
"If she's not my daughter biologically then she isn't, there's nothing I can do to change that, but I still want to be the man she calls her dad, I still want to marry you, I still want us to be a family, I don't care about who is her biological father, is like to think it was me but it not being won't affect whether I stay or go" he explains to me, how did I get so lucky? Even when I blow it he won't let me? I don't deserve him
"You deserve better than me" I tell him but he shakes his head as he forces an eye contact I keep trying to break
"I want you" he spoke simply and clearly
"She is yours" I whisper, feeling completely unable to do anything but blurt that out
"I know, I can see it" he tells me, wait what?! Dear god can he stop reading my damned mind?!
"How do you always know everything?!" I ask in slight annoyance but most unsure of myself and what I'm supposed to do now
"I don't, I have no idea if you're stalling because you want to say yes or no to this proposal I still haven't had answered" he tells me, okay he's really smooth about this, that is not fair, I'm here in my pyjamas, a total mess, feeling like crap and he's just so perfect ugh
He gets back down on one knee and now I'm just trying to not to have a panic attack over here
"I promise that I will always keep you and Gracie and anyone else who may be added to this family in the future safe from everything I possibly can, including Jared, he's never gonna touch you again Chlo, he will never lay eyes on our daughter again, but please just trust me, I love you so much and I don't want to spend another day without you and Gracie, I want us to finally be a proper family, so please Chloe, please say you'll marry me" he sounded almost like he was pleading with me
I took a deep breath, this was all spinning around in my head
This is crazy, but then again, let's be honest, what about our lives isn't?
Maybe this is insane but you know what? I don't care
"Chloe?" He prompted me, jolting me back into the reality of all this
"Yes" I replied with a huge grin on my face
He stood up, lifted me up, spun me around, put me back down and then finally slid the ring gently onto my finger
"It's beautiful" I murmur as I stare at it, mesmerised
"It was my grandmothers" he tells me
I smile and kiss him
"I love you so much" he whispered to me as he picked me up, my legs wrapped around his waists, his arms around my waist and my arms around his neck
"I love you too" I relied happily
Finally everything was as it should be and nothing could get in the way of that, I finally had true happiness and there was nothing anyone could do to ruin it
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SHE SAID YES! Come on guys you think I wasn't gonna give a happily ever after...actually...I'm me you were probably safer with your bet 😂😂 prologue up momentarily, love you guys xoxo
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FanfictionChloe and Ryan had been best friends since Chloe moved to town when they were kids, something more had always been there but each was to afraid to ask As they got older Chloe found a boyfriend, great at first, but soon the relationship turned sour a...
