Epilogue
CADE
Next Valentine’s Day
Sweetheart,
You’ve become my reason for breathing from that very first letter. You’re my heart, soul, life, body, and spirit. You’re my present and future. You’re who I fall asleep thinking of and wake up looking for.
I love you, Aspen.
To prove how much, when you finish reading this letter, you better pick up the black box. Don’t lie, I know you see it. You’ll remove the ring from it and slip it on the fourth finger of your left hand.
Apparently proposing on V-Day is cliché, but since when do I give a fuck?
Just over two years ago, you sold yourself to me with your first letter.
Then you gifted me a homemade card, and I think I fell in love with you right then and there.
Last year, I officially claimed you. This year, I’m announcing to the world that you’re mine and I’m yours.
I’m not asking—we both know you’ll say yes.
With this ring, you’ll be my wife in all the ways I’ve yet to tie you to me.
I better find you naked in our bed with that ring on your finger when I get home.
Always obsessed, always yours, and always in love,
Cade.
Thank you for reading!