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She nodded "You co very i has been fun, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it But now--"

Pesh’s dark eyes snapped shut, and the expression on his face shifted as if he were in pain "Please You don’t have to say this I’ll just go"

"But I don’t want you to go," she argued

"Then what are you trying to say?"

"That I need you in my life, and I want ether?"

"Yes"

He sucked in a breath "You want us to be an official couple?"

She smiled "Yes, I do Well, everywhere except work"

"I can’t believe it," he ht you would have," she teased

"Oh, I’ht her lips to his and gave hiainst his lips, sheso stubborn and so stupid?"

"I can try But I suppose you’re going to have to work very hard to make it up to me"

"Am I?"

He nodded "Yes, very hard"

"Why do I have the funny feeling that your idea ofit up to you is entirely different than asleam flashed in Pesh’s eyes "The first date will be to the Fox to see an opera"