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"You don’t have to do this, Mary"

She blinked at hiht you needed reed, "and we do need your help, but if it’s a choice between selling athe chance to be with you…?" Maybe it was out of line to reach up and stroke her cheek with the back of his hand, but he’d never been this drawn to a woure out soround"

When she put her hand over his where it rested against the incredibly soft skin of her cheek, he could have sworn his heart actually expanded inside his chest

"I’ve never done anything I didn’t choose to do, Jack Not when I was nineteen, and certainly not now at thirty-two If I didn’t want to be here with you, Howie and Larry, I wouldn’t be You’ve worked hard to create so time" Slowly, she lowered his hand fro you to be patient so that we can see the business through first"

He had so many questions for her What had happened in her past? Who had hurt her to make her so cautious, so wary of his ht to ask for answers, he knew he needed her to trust hihtforith her at all times, nothings to be that way, and I’ood ones, but I have to be honest with you, Mary" He was bloay by her beauty all over again as she waited for him to explain himself "I’ve never been a patient man"

"You worked for ten years on your invention," she said softly "I’d say that shows more patience thanto wait ten years for chips and wires and motherboards to fire correctly But I knew ten seconds after we first el"

Mary’s skin flushed, and her full lips opened on a soft gasp at his impulsive declaration just as the receptionist walked into the entryway and indicated it was ti woosh, you’re Mary Ferrer! You’re even rabbed a notepad and pen fron this for me?"

Mary’s cheeks remained flushed from what Jack had said to her as she took the pen and paper fro woman Jack couldn’t tell if she was upset about what he’d just adured, assessed--and then, only then, oal But with Mary, all of the rationale he’d lived by his whole life had flown out the …leaving him with just his instincts

"That’s a lovely dress you’re wearing," Mary told the young wo on you"

Jack didn’t think he’d ever seen anyone as happy as the receptionist was at that moment "Do you really think so? It’s new, and I wasn’t sure if I could pull off the hemline"