“Glad it’s not just me.” Owen drew in a deep breath and gazed down at her gorgeous face. She looked up at him expectantly, waiting to hear what he had to say. He’d thought long and hard about this because he wanted to say it just right. “From the first day I met you, you’ve been my Princess, so beautiful and regal to look at, with a heart of pure gold under that elegant exterior. In the year we’ve spent together, I’ve known more happiness, contentment and peace than I experienced in my entire life before you. I thought I was happy until I found you and discovered I was merely existing. You taught me how to live, Princess, and that I get to live with you and love you every day for the rest of my life is the greatest gift I’ve ever been given. There’s nowhere else in this world I’d rather be than right here with you. I vow to love, honor and protect you and Holden and the babies we’ll have together for the rest of my life.”

Holden let out a happy little squeal that made his parents laugh even as they both dealt with a flood of tears.

“Laura?” Frank said.

“I’m supposed to follow that?” She exhaled a deep breath as she looked up at Owen. “Like you, I was merely existing until I met you and found my home, my life’s work and the love of my life all in one magical place. The year we’ve spent together has been the best of my life, too, despite the challenges we were forced to confront from the outset. You didn’t care that I was expecting my ex-husband’s baby. You didn’t care that I was sick as a dog every day for the first six months we were together. You picked me up off the floor every morning and gave me absolutely no choice but to fall in love with you. And then you decided to stay with us, rather than go upon your merry way, living your life as the footloose and fancy-free troubadour you’d always been. You chose us, and you changed your entire life for me. For that I shall always be profoundly grateful, because, you see… I had no idea how I was going to live without you when you left. Now I don’t have to. Now I get to spend every day with you for the rest of our lives, and there is truly and honestly nothing I want more than that. I vow to love, honor and protect you for as long as I live.”

With his free hand, Frank mopped up tears. “I’d say you two got your revenge,” he said to laughter from the equally tearful gathering. “Evan? Rings?”