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He bowed, and her breath caught There was soraceful about his movements, almost as if he were a medieval courtier, and she, his princess in a tower

"It would be ht, when Olivia crawled into bed, she was still sreat deal to reco at his desk, staring at a blank piece of paper

Not that he had any intention of writing anything down But he tended to do his best thinking at his desk, with a piece of paper laid squarely in the middle of his blotter And so, after he’d lain in his bed,as he tried in vain to figure out the best way to proposefor inspiration

It was not striking

"Harry?"

He looked up, grateful for the interruption It was Edward, standing in the doorway

"You’d askedready," Edward said

Harry nodded and thanked hie and wonderful afternoon at Rudland House Sebastian had all butdeclared Harry’s home far more comfortable (and with considerably better food) than his own Edas spending more time at home, too, and hadn’t coive one bit of serious thought to Prince Alexei Ivanovich Gomarovsky

Well, until now There was that celebration of Russian culture he was co forward to it He liked Russian culture And the food He hadn’t had decent Russian food since his grandmother had been alive to scream at the cooks in the Valentine kitchen He supposed it was unlikely that there would be caviar, but he was hoping, nonetheless

And of course Olivia would be there

He was going to ask her to marry him Tomorrow He hadn’t yet worked out the details, but he refused to wait any longer The past week had been bliss and torture, all rolled up into one sunny blond, blue-eyed wouessed his intentions He’d been quite obviously courting her all week-all the proper things, like walks in the park and intervieith her family And ht conversations through open s

He was in love He’d long since recognized it All that remained was for hiht she would She hadn’t said she loved hientleman to declare hi for the right ht to be in the daytime; he wanted to be able to see her face clearly, to imprint every play of emotion into his memory He would declare his love for her and ask her to marry him And then he’d kiss her senseless Maybe kiss himself senseless as well

Who kneas such a root up and wandered over to hisOlivia’s curtains were open, and so was herCurious, he pushed his own up and popped his head out into the war air He waited for aup, then whistled

Within seconds she appeared, bright-eyed and cheerful "Good afternoon!" she called out