The engagement ring was old, passed down from Blake's grandmother to him. His to keep until he was ready to get down on one knee. Which after his last heartbreak, wasn't going to happen.

When the single-minded innkeeper claims the ring rightfully belongs to her family, she's unshakable when he won't agree to sell it to her. Proof of ownership is the only way to get the little bulldog to relent, so a bargain is struck to search for that proof together.
He couldn't have guessed that looking into his grandfather's past would guide him to his future with a woman and child he is ready to give his whole heart to.