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"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love."

- Mother Teresa

Bella's pov

I quickly change into an orange dress of mine, comb my frizzy hair, and put on a little bit of makeup.

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After getting ready for my night, I head towards my date.

What I see right in front of me, blows away my mind. I expected a simple table and chair with one candle lighting on it. But what I saw was completely different.

He arranged all of this on such a short notice for me. I love how cozy and thoughtful the entire date is. All these lights, the bed, the food, plus watching Netflix while snuggling. It's the best possible date ever.

"I assume by your reaction that you like it?" He asks, and I turn to see how handsome he actually looks. He looks more breathtaking than the scene in front of me. I know how's that even possible.

"I love it!!" I exclaim and give him a hug. "Thank you so much for doing all this."

"What did I say about thanking me? Oh right yeah, don't." He replies and chuckles.

He takes my hand and leads me towards the bed where we settle down. He keeps looking at me and then finally says, "You are so beautiful Ella. So perfect." Which again brings back my tomato face.

"Umm you look good as well Xan." I say sheepishly, "Just good? Here I thought I'll impress you with my hotness. And you'll forget all about my cooking skills." He jokes, he obviously knows how hot he looks right now.

"Yeah almost forgot about that. Where is it, I wanna taste it." I get excited the moment he mentions his cooking.

"Just remember that I made all of this with love, so don't laugh at me okay." He warns me and brings me a bowl of spaghetti.

I can already tell that it's going to be great just by looking at it. I take a bite from my bowl and am amazed with this deliciousness.

"Oh my god Xander this is so good. I can't believe you made this, it's actually just like the ones we have at restaurants. It's so good." I compliment him, and then something clicks.

It just tastes like the ones we have at restaurants. And this thought makes me doubt that he even made this.

"Xan." I call him while he was doing the set up for Netflix. "Yeah" he calls back confused.

"Where'd you get this from?" I ask, and he immediately replies gets flustered.

"I made this?" He says kind of trying to convince me even when he knows that I know he didn't.

So I glare at him in response, and he finally admits  "Okay yeah fine I ordered it. I couldn't make it, but I really tried. That does count doesn't it?"

I start laughing out loud, "Can't believe I won the bet."

"What bet?" He asks confused, "Donna said that you'll come back running saying that you give up, while I said that you won't because your ego won't allow it. You'll come up with some sort of lie to cover up. I was actually surprised  at first though that you were able to cook food." I explain it to him while laughing.

He huffs in annoyance and turns his head away, "Aww it was just a joke Xan. All this still means the world to me. Your efforts matters a lot to me, the fact that you thought and actually tried to make something for me is what matters to me. All this is beautiful, this spaghetti is amazing, this entire date is absolutely perfect Xan." I truly mean each and every word I just said to him.

This makes his head turn, he looks into my eyes and embraces me with a kiss.

"I have something for you." He says and gets up "Another surprise?" I ask him, "Yeah I hope that you'll like it." He simply replies and digs into his pocket.

He takes out a small but beautiful ring box, and goes down on his knees. I was about to say something but he shakes his head, asking me to let him finish first.

He sits on one of his knee, and opens the box revealing the most beautiful ring I have ever seen.

"I know that we both are already married, but it was for an entirely different purpose. I love you Bella, I have had these feelings for you since the day I met you. You have changed my life in such a beautiful way, you have taught me the real meaning of love, you taught me how much I can love you even if you don't reciprocate the feelings. You are the reason behind my happiness, you have given me so many beautiful moments, you have given my meaningless life a meaning. A beautiful reason to live. Now I look forward to each and every day of mine, because I know that you are a part of my every single day. I want to give this ring to you, because you are the love of my life, you are my wife, and I want to give this to you as a token of my love. I hope you'll accept it." He finishes his speech, by the end of it there are tears in his eyes and mine.

The entire speech has left me speechless, it was so beautiful, so honest. This speech also made me realize that I have started to fall in love with him. My heart skips a beat when he kisses me, when he cares about me, when he compliments me like this.

"Please say something, I can't sit like this for all night long now can I" he jokes a little to lessen his pain. Oh god he thinks I am rejecting him.

"I love you too Xander." I finally say and give my hand in his.

These words acts like magic and lights up his entire face, a tear still falling from his eyes, "You really mean that?" He asks as if I have given him the worlds most precious gift.

"I do, I have started to fall in love with you Xan." After hearing this he doesn't waste a second and puts the ring on my finger.

"I love you so much baby." He says before picking me up and holding me bridal style in his arms.

I place my arms around his neck and reply, "I love you too Xan. But do put me down, I have a series to finish." Which makes both of laugh.

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