  &quot;Then what in God s name are you doing here?&quot; To rub it in? Or to apologize to me that you are sorry you couldn t love me? If that was why you are here, you needn t apologize, because you don t owe me one. We had an agreement and you clearly stated you do not want commitment nor love. I am sorry I went ahead and fell in love with you. But now that I have thought it through, I realized it wasn t exactly the feeling I thought it to be.
  &quot;What do you mean by that?&quot; He said, breaking into her speech, his look was formidable.
  &quot;That I do not love you,&quot; she said indignantly, wondering why the sudden change in his countenance.
  &quot;Why? How is that possible?&quot; He asked. Wasn t it just days ago when you told me you love me; then how could you just change your mind like that? He demanded furiously, grabbing her hand tightly, that she had jerked it away imp

  &quot;Will you not marry me, Mitchell Fiona Brown?&quot; He said again, still holding out the ring she had returned to him. Mitchell looked around her, the people were all smiling, even the elderly couple. Everyone was urging her to say yes. As if she needed any push in that line. But she just didn t trust her voice.
  &quot;Mitchell Fiona Browne, will you marry me?&quot; he asked again.
  &quot;Yes, I will marry you,&quot; she said as tears ran down the length of her beautiful cheeks.
  He slipped the ring into her finger and stood up to pull her into his arms before giving her a very hot soul-searing kiss. When they finally broke apart amidst the cheers around them, he said softly for her hearing alone. 
  &quot;Don t you ever take that off again, please.&quot; 
  She nodded
  Mitchell managed to ask. &quot;What changed your mind?&quot;
  &quot;You did. You made me realize love wasn 

  &quot;Certainly, no better time than now to be vacationing,&quot; She silently mussed to herself as her thoughts drifted towards Michael. Since her arrival, her thoughts had always been of him, and the other night she had cried herself to sleep. Even Daniel had suspected when he had called her in the morning. But she had lied to him that she hadn t been crying though she knew he didn t believe her.
  Mitchell stood up from where she had been lying down on the beach to move to the spot where she could watch the sunset, she exchanged greetings with an elderly couple whom she had met twice on the beach since her arrival. The couples, probably in their seventies but still act like lovers. Mitchell enjoyed watching them. 
  Once she had wished that could be her and Michael in their old age but that was wishful thinking she knew. She had also imagined Michael appearing out of nowhere on that

&quot;Then what in God s name are you doing here?&quot; To rub it in? Or to apologize to me that you are sorry you couldn t love me? If that was why you are here, you needn t apologize, because you don t owe me one. We had an agreement and you clearly stated you do not want commitment nor love. I am sorry I went ahead and fell in love with you. But now that I have thought it through, I realized it wasn t exactly the feeling I thought it to be.
  &quot;What do you mean by that?&quot; He said, breaking into her speech, his look was formidable.
  &quot;That I do not love you,&quot; she said indignantly, wondering why the sudden change in his countenance.
  &quot;Why? How is that possible?&quot; He asked. Wasn t it just days ago when you told me you love me; then how could you just change your mind like that? He demanded furiously, grabbing her hand tightly, that she had jerked it away impulsively.
  &quot;I decide who I fall in love with and whom I fall out of love with also,&quot;
 

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