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"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."

- Ben Stein

Theresa sat on the couch in her new apartment and stared at the man in front of her. "I don't understand what you're saying."

Ethan sat down next to Theresa and took her hands. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you and little Ethan. I want us to be a family together."

"As a little girl I always dreamed of growing old with you, having children with you. So much has changed since then . . . "

Ethan stopped Theresa before she could say anything else by placing a soft kiss on her lips. "I love you. Nothing else matters."

The kiss sent Theresa into a tizzy as memories of a simpler time flooded her mind. No matter how many times she had told him or herself that she hated him, she was still in love with this man. "I love you too," she whispered into his ear.

Ethan immediately scooped Theresa into his arms and twirled her around. "Does that mean that you will do me the honor of becoming my wife?"

'Wife,' she thought bitterly as reality came rushing back. "Wife," she repeated out loud just to hear how it sounded. "Mrs. Winthrop," she mumbled as Gwen's angry face invaded her thoughts.

"The one and only," Ethan said as he took an engagement ring from his pocket. He got on one knee and stared up at Theresa. "Will you marry me, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald?"

Theresa focused her eyes on Ethan as the words registered in her mind. She stared intently at the man before her and thought that if he had begged her to come back three months ago she would not have had a moment's hesitation. She would have jumped into his arms and married him that day if she could. Now, now everything was different. Theresa took a deep breath and said something she never thought she would say to Ethan, "No."

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