Chad Michael Murray: Fiancée Not Pregnant

Given the speed of Chad Michael Murray's engagement to Kenzie Dalton – just one year after he wed One Tree Hill costar Sophia Bush – Internet rumors abounded that Dalton might be pregnant. But she's "definitely not," Murray tells PEOPLE in its upcoming issue.

Describing how he feels about Dalton, Murray chooses to speak metaphorically. "Imagine you are walking along," he says, "and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life."

It is perhaps not surprising that Murray, 24, has diamonds on his mind: He just presented Dalton, 18, a Wilmington, N.C., high school senior, with an elegant oval-cut diamond engagement ring estimated to be worth between $25,000 and $35,000.

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