He got down on one knee and my heart was banging against my chest. He pulled a small black velvet box from his pocket, opened it, and staring back at me was the most beautiful diamond ring I had ever seen.
“Elena Marie Sumner, will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?”
I was in total shock and stood there silent for a minute. Is this really happening?
“Elena?” Sebastian looked worried and that snapped me out of my daze.
“Oh! Yes! Yes, of course!”
A look of relief washed over him and he slipped the ring on my finger, picked me up and spun me around for a couple of seconds. After he put me down in the soft sand I had to make sure that I clarified something with him.
"You know this does not mean that I am going to stop working. I still want to open my boutique hotel in a couple of years, so eventually I will be leaving Blu Sierra Miami.”
"Of course, I would never want to stand in the way of your goals and dreams. I want you to have your hotel and I want it to be a huge success. As long as you never leave me, I will be a very happy man.”
I held his face in my hands and looked him in the eye.
“I will never leave you.”
He smiled at me. “Good, because I don’t want to go through life without you.” He put his arm around me and looked out into the water, the gentle wind lightly caressing his hair, and a small smile turned up the corner of his mouth.
I smiled at him. “What?”
“I was just thinking about your new name. Elena Blu. It has a really nice ring to it.”
“You mean Elena Sumner-Blu. Now that has a nice ring to it.”
He chuckled as he gathered me in a big hug. “I guess it does.”
The End.