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La Toya Jackson received the sweetest surprise of her life during a recent dinner with boyfriend and business partner Jeffré Phillips.

Dining at Hawaii’s Trump Hotel, Phillips surprised the celebrity by dropping to a single knee and asking her to marry him.

However, he admitted to her, “I don’t have a ring for you,” Jackson tells People. “I said, ‘Well, that’s okay. I don’t care about a ring.’”

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Cue dessert and…

 

“When I lifted [the lid], there was the ring,” La Toya says.

And not just any ring: The round center diamond is 10 carats alone, and it’s surrounded by another 7.5 carats in round diamonds set in a platinum band.

Yes, that is 17.5 total carats, all designed by Phillips himself.

“Jeffré goes over the top with a lot of things,” says Jackson. “He found exactly what I would like or want. It’s really beautiful.”

Life with La Toya returns June 7 on OWN and viewers will be able to see the star’s reaction later this summer.