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"Fine," she said, sounding tired as she buckled up "Can we please stop for a cup of hot chocolate before we head hoood idea," he said, notjust that

To be honest, he was exhausted as well It had been a very long night and it was barely eight-thirty All he wanted to do was enjoy this quiet time with Rory, steal her hot cocoa and hold her in his arht wasn’t over quite yet There were a few things that they needed to clear up before any s formed and screith his plans tohis eyes on the road, he reached over and carefully took Rory’s broken hand into his When he felt his ring on her finger he couldn’t help but s and to be honest, he never really expected this day to coreement to marry him, but he would Now that he knew that she cared about hi to stop him, not even the stubborn woman that he loved

"We’ll ht," he said quietly, hoping that she was too exhausted froh to catch what he said, but of course this wasn’t going to be easy

"Why would I do that?" Rory asked, pulling her hand away fro

"I just thought it would be easier," he said offhandedly as he took a right on Oak Street

"Why would that be easier?"

"I just thought it would be easier if you started to move in withyou out and selling your house after we get an’s parking lot

"Ah, I’ in with you," Rory stubbornly argued

"Rory," he said, sighing heavily as he shut the Jeep down, "keeping two houses after we get married doesn’t make sense I suppose we could rent it out, but that’s a pain in the ass"

"I lovehilare as she threw open her door and jumped out

He chuckled darkly as he climbed out of the truck "I know that you don’t expectthe door behind hi to join her on the sidewalk

"That’s exactly what I expect if you want , effectively dis hin in his temper

He should sell his house?

Bullshit

That was not happening He’d worked his ass off for that house He’d taken on extra jobs to pay for it and to fix it up Did she have any idea how hard he worked to restore his house? She had help, he hadn’t He’d worked his ass off and he wasn’t about to sell his house But for now, he’d drop it There was plenty of ti after they were ht noas more important that he convinced her to take a chance on hi his mouth shut until she was his, then that’s exactly what he was going to have to do

"Large hot chocolate?" Beth, the senior barista, asked as Rory stepped up to the counter