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find the paper. Lila pulled it out with a smile. “Here it is! Do I get a prize?”
“As a matter of fact,” he said, opening the wadded paper, “I do.”
Looking down, she saw the most beautiful ring she had ever seen. “Lila Hill, will you
marry me?”
She squealed and threw herself in his arms. “Do you really have to ask?”
“That's what the Proposing for Dummies book says.”
Lila laughed and kissed his cheek. “Well, successful dummy or not, I say yes.”
He placed the ring on her finger and pulled her into an embrace. Lila's head lay against
Joel's chest until she noticed the rate at which his heart was beating. “Your heart! It's beating
way too fast. Are you feeling alright? We should call my dad. He warned you about cardiac
arrest,” she said in a panic.
He gave her a reassuring smile and said with a laugh in his voice, “Lila, love, you're doing
that to my heart and you sure aren't giving it a rest.”
She looked up into his eyes and whispered, “Thank you for giving me my life back.”
“Thank you for giving meaning to mine.”
And that was the end of their long beginning.

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