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her to come.

Amidst the clapping, she walked to the three steps leading up to the makeshift podium, lifting her dress as she made her way to Braden. She was used to behind-the-scenes work, and being the center of attention wasn’t her thing, but she smiled at the applause.

“Okay, so now for the big event of the evening, at least for me,” Hudson said.

Bri heard ripples of laughter, but she wasn’t sure where they were coming from or what was going on.

His gaze on hers, his expression completely open, love in his eyes, he said, “Sometimes in life, the unexpected happens, and you meet someone who completes you.”

He took her hand in his, and her heart began to pound rapidly in her chest. Why, she didn’t know, but she had the sense something monumental was about to happen and swallowed hard.

“You’re lucky in that you know what family means and how important it is to have in your life. I didn’t know what that was like until I met you.”

When he slipped his other hand, the one not holding hers, into his pocket, she began to tremble, and when he pulled out a solitaire diamond ring, her eyes opened wide.

Then he dropped down on one knee. “Brianne Prescott, will you marry me and officially become my family?”

“Say yes!” someone shouted from the crowd.

Laughing, smiling, and crying at the same time, she nodded. “Yes. Yes! I’ll marry you.”

More applause sounded around them as he slipped the ring on her finger and rose to his feet. Next thing she knew, he’d pulled her into his arms and his lips came down hard on hers. She might have given him a family, but in him she’d found home.

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