Happily Ever After

"Okay, Lindsay, I'm intrigued. What are you talking about?"

Smiling, Lindsay looks at the happy couple. "Well, seeing that you are both engaged, the station is offering to pay for your wedding, using the best decorators, planners, etc. You'll have 1,000,000 to spend on the wedding of your dreams.

"Oh, my God! Are you serious?" Theresa asks, stunned."

Laughing, Lindsey looks at her. "Yes, Theresa. This is your dream wedding, and we want to make it happen.

Smiling down at his fiancé, Ethan pulls her tighter. "She is the princess I have been looking for. I want to make all her dreams come true, including the wedding."

Sighing, Theresa looks up at Ethan as Lindsey leaves them alone. "A paid wedding that we wouldn't even have to worry about? It sounds too good to be true."

"You are too good to be true, Theresa. Yet, here you are, in my arms. I couldn't be happier. What do you say? Let's give this show the greatest wedding ever."

"Are you sure this is what you want, Ethan?"

"Positive. All I care about is that I will get to spend the rest of my life with you as your husband. How that happens, well, we leave that to Fate."

"I love you, Ethan."

"And I love you, Theresa."

After sharing a passionate kiss, Theresa smiles. "Okay, let's do it."

Hugging his fiancé close to him, Ethan feels a full sense of completion. "This is my future, right here in my arms. God, thank you for finding me this amazing woman."

Once they are alone in Ethan's apartment, Theresa sighs contently as she snuggles close to Ethan. "I am so happy, Ethan. I feel like all my dreams are coming true."

Taking her face in his hands, Ethan kisses her gently. "I promise from here on, I will do everything to make your dreams come true."

"You already have, Ethan. You already have."

"Well, not quite."

"What do you mean?"

Holding her hands, Ethan looks into Theresa's eyes. "Well, I know how important getting married and being proposed to is for you. I can see it in your eyes. And I know how much family means to you. And I know you wish they were here to see this."

Stunned, Theresa pulls away a little from Ethan. "How did you know that?"

Pulling her to him again, Ethan smiles. "Because that's what makes you the person you are. What if I told you they were here?"

"No, that's impossible, they can't be here!"

"Surprise!"

Screaming, Theresa turns around and sees her family: Her parents, Pilar and Martin, her brothers, Antonio, Luis and Miguel, with their wives Liz, Sheridan and Kay, and her sister Paloma.

"My family!" She yells as she runs to them. In all the excitement, Ethan just stands back and watches with a big smile on his face. Family. This is what it's all about.

"Ethan, my man, welcome to the family." Luis says as he shakes Ethan's hand.

"Thank you."

"You make my daughter happy, Ethan."

"I will, sir. That's a promise. I'll never do anything to hurt Theresa. Not when I love her so much."

Smiling, Martin nods, as Ethan receives hugs from the rest of Theresa's family.

Turning back to Ethan, Theresa goes to him, and hugs him close. "I love you so much, Ethan Winthrop."

"And I love you, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald. And I can not wait to make you my wife."

"Same here."

Coming up

The wedding and honeymoon of Ethan and Theresa

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