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She shuddered, and I couldn’t help but smile

I leaned over and putfun to try for later," I whispered before pulling her earlobe with ood idea," she whispered

I sat back and pulled est two miles of et the door and help you out"

I ran around the front of the truck and opened her door as she held her hand out for uided her to the side of the house over toward the giant oak I stopped her back far enough to where she would be able to see it as soon as I took off the blindfold

"Are you ready?" I whispered in ear

She nodded her head and clapped her hands "The surprise is outside?"

"Yep" I started to untie it and said, "Don’t open your eyes until I say so" I let the scarf drop from her eyes as I watched her face "Open your eyes, Court"

She took a deep breath and opened her eyes Her ht her hands up to herin her eyes, I knew I had done the right thing by surprising her I kne much she loved surprises

She just stood there and stared up at it She dropped her hands and turned to look atdown her face as she said, "You remembered what I said about the tree house When? IIt’s thetree house I’ve ever seen," she said between sobs

I noddedlike a pansy-ass She threw herself into ht as she could I ood fivethank you over and over She pulled back, and I used ently kissed her on the lips

"That day I brought you out here to show you around, I kneould be building this for you When we got back to Layton’s, I began drawing out the design Then, when you toldit as soon as we got back home"

She sucked in a breath of air and said, "This is what you’ve been doing?"

I s care of the ranch in theKevin and Richard over here in the afternoons to build it I’ve been nervous as hell to show it to you"

She pulled back and gave me a shocked look "Why in the world would you ever be nervous to show it to ed my shoulders and said, "I orried you weren’t serious or that n I just alant toin this world that I loveyou smile"

When the corner of her

"I know the first surface that needs to be broken in," she said

I let out an exaggerated gasp "Our future kids’ tree house? You want to have sex in our future children’s tree house?"

She slowly nodded her head and said, "It’s ours for a little while"