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I sit up, not knohat to say He talked to ? He stays on his knees next to the bed, ive you flowers and say words filled with poetry So a woman like you deserves"

"A wo what hehis eyes grow possessive

"I may not have a castle to put you in, but I’ll build you one if that’s what you want"

"I’d be happy being your duchess anywhere you put , baby," he teases, randswith hi at, and I don’t care about it either The idea of going back to the giant faht here in Paine’s house for the rest ofalongon, like he is trying to leave a hhis body against ht, he breaks the kiss and rubs his cheek against ainst

"None of that tonight, baby You need to sleep"

"You said you’d give me whatever I want" I try to pout, but he turnsin behindhis arms around me He pulls my back to his front as he spoonsof safety This is soet to do for the rest of our lives, and I feel another smile pull ata kiss on my neck

"You didn’t even ask me to marry you"

"Nope," he says, and wraps his ars with Paine are going to go like this He wants so and he takes it It should make me mad, but all I do is smile and drift off to sleep

Twelve

Paine

Once I know she’s asleep, I slip frooing to love having her in our bed every o to work I’ll leave her waret hoive her a castle like I told her, but she’ll never go without The life we’re going to have together, I’ll do anything to have, and no one is going to fuck with a to take her fro

Her grand to make sure she’s cared for like she should be I know the next few days are going to be rough, and I don’t want anythingto h daht because of sorandht was all their fault, and that shit wasn’t okay

I changeit down the driveway so it doesn’t wake Penelope when I start it She finally passed out, and she needs her rest to et far enough away, I flipButch

"Yo," he says over the heavy beat of dancetail

"I need you to watch oes dead, and I know he’ll be here quick with no questions asked

I hop on and start the engine, the chopper roaring to life I head across town, one location in irl while I’ wasn’t right It started at the hospital when the doctors were directing all their questions at Penelope and Lahile their father stood off silently to the side I was a little surprised he’d shown up to the hospital at all, but hoould it look if the Mayor hadn’t? Everything to hiood at hiding the shit he was covered in

I hadn’t paid much attention to the Mayor before now because I hadn’t had a reason to As long as he stayed out of ot elected, but the si to question if he has any I know he married into Penelope’s family, but I didn’t knoto suspect it’s none

Things like ht-handto make sense now I didn’t understand why he was so hell-bent on it, going so far as to threaten his own daughter if she didn’t Yeah, I can see a guy like hi it with the locala certain man was outdated, unless he needed to control her Seerand to be cole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">