Page 84 of Get Lost with You
As the day slipped into night, a band played a slow song. The moon rose in the sky, sharing the space with thousands of stars. Jillian had eaten way too much food, bought too many things, and given out every last one of her Get Lost Lodge business cards. Grayson would be returning to the lodge shortly. Shane had already gone over to make sure the few guests who remained on the island had dinner.
She saw Ollie moving through the crowd with her parents following behind. She carried a mostly eaten swirl of cotton candy.
There’d be no sleeping again tonight with all that sugar. Leaning into Levi’s embrace, she wasn’t sorry. Life was too wonderful in this moment to worry about sleep. She didn’t want to miss a thing.
Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out the thin black leather bracelet that she’d had Lainey make. It had dark and light blue beads with silver spacers.
“What? You got me one?” He stared at it, his eyes shimmering with the kind of love she not only recognized but felt in her bones.
“Lainey mentioned you wanted to match. I’m guessing you know what it says?”
He laughed as he slipped it on. “I love you.”
Pushing her hands up to curl them around his neck, she sighed into a kiss before whispering the words back to him.
As she and Levi swayed, not really dancing since he movedbehind her, her parents and Ollie joined them. Grayson found them at the edge of the makeshift dance floor. Levi’s parents were dancing slowly over by the gazebo. As she continued to hold Levi close, Ollie right there, she scanned the crowd until one sight made her brows arch. Lainey was dancing with Graham. He held her close and they moved together like there was no one else around them.Hmm. Maybe everyone will get a happily-ever-after.She’d be asking her friend about that later.
“Excellent crowd,” Grayson said. “Our guests are having a great time.”
“Why wouldn’t they?” Ollie asked, pulling off another hunk of cotton candy. “This is awesome.”
Everyone laughed, and Jillian saw Beckett and Presley right in front of them. Her brother was twirling Presley, whose head was tipped back as she laughed at something he said.
When she looked at him, Jilly felt the love Beckett had for her emanating off of him, in his gaze, his stance. Maybe it was easier to recognize because of the man behind her. The one who made her believe she’d have what Presley and Beckett were headed for.
As the band switched to a more upbeat number, Presley and Beckett joined the family.
“You two,” her mother said, staring at them with love and hope in her gaze.
“This is so much fun. I love it here,” Presley said. Her eyes were shining with happiness, and Jilly felt so much gratitude that she’d dropped into their lives last summer, then decided to stay. No one would have predicted it, but Beckett and Presley were a perfect fit.
Tilting her own head back on Levi’s shoulder, she looked at him, smiling as he gazed down at her.
“I love you, Presley,” Beckett said. He was probably loud tomake sure she heard him over the music, but standing as close as they all were, it felt like he’d shouted it.
Presley’s eyes opened comically wide. “I love you, too, Beckett. Is there a reason you’re declaring that in this particular moment?”
Beckett nodded, planting himself in front of Presley, taking both of her hands. Jilly’s heart seized in her chest. She stood straight.
Beckett’s voice was a little shaky but his gaze was sure. “Like Gramps said, life is short. I don’t want regrets. I’ve never loved anyone in my life the way I love you, and I’ve been racking my brain trying to plan the perfect engagement. One that would make it impossible for you to say no to spending your life with me. But there’s no perfect. Life is hard and messy and there are no guarantees.”
He dropped to one knee and Jilly gasped. She wasn’t the only one.
Grayson muttered under his breath. “Holy shit.”
Presley had one hand covering her mouth, the other in Beckett’s. With his free hand, he dug in his pocket and pulled out a small black box.
Letting go of her hand while she stared down at him, her eyes glassy, he opened the box to reveal a sparkling princess-cut diamond ring with a thin band of tiny diamonds surrounding it.
“I love you, Presley. Now, tomorrow, for the rest of my life. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me. I want to marry you. I want to spend every single day showing you how much I love you. We’ll fight and mess up but I’ll always work to show you how much you matter. You’ll never be lonely because you’ll always have me and the rest of these guys hanging around.” He gestured to his family standing around him, watching with happiness and love and excitement.
Beckett looked back up at Presley. “Marry me?”
Presley nodded, tears slipping down her cheeks as she went down on her knees and Beckett slipped the ring on her finger. She hugged him with so much force he went back on his knees and fell to his butt, taking her with him. She sat in his lap, kissing his face repeatedly, making everyone laugh as she kept saying, “Yes, yes, yes, yes.”
Jillian swiped at her own tears, leaning into Levi. Ollie leaned into their side, sort of between them.
Beckett helped Presley to her feet, keeping her close as everyone moved in to congratulate them.
