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"Will you marry rin on her face It’s a mixture of awe and happiness "I used to look at this when I was little My dad said , fat rock and we’d live happily ever after But all I ever wanted was this ring and a husband who loved er under her chin "I love you" I scrunch et to say yes?"

"I didn’t forget," she tosses back at ets up "I just haven’t said yes, yet" She points toward the kitchen "Do you want so to walk away, but I grab her shirt in my fist and pull her back down I pick up the box, take the ring out of it, and hold it up

"Marry me, Em," I plead "If you say yes, we can have lots of crazy sex and live happily ever after" I want to laugh, but I can’t It’s not really funny "Marry me, Em," I repeat "Please"

She smacks me on the forehead with palm of her hand, and I’m momentarily stunned "Of course I’ll er "I couldn’t make it easy for you, dummy," she says She settles into my side and nuzzles into that spot that’s all hers There are no secrets between us Not anyo to bed now?" I ask It’s been weeks since I’ve been inside her, and granted, I was unconscious for part of it, but I’m not now And I need her oes all the way up toto be a little unwieldy"

I shake et on top" I draw her acrossthe sertips She reaches to pull her shirt over her head and looks toward the door "What?" I ask, ed

"Soainst me and breathes hard for ato myself

When she opens the door, her parents fall into the room, followed by all my brothers

"Welcome hoer finger and holds it up "Did you say yes?" she asks

"Of course I did," EratulateWhat’s up with that?

Matt co He dips his face into her hair, and I iood," he says She shs

"She said yes, huh?" Paul asks as he sits down beside uys have terrible tin

He tries to look innocent It’s never a terrible tied party He points to the pillow and raises an eyebrow You got the rest of your life to get laid, he signs He heaves a sigh I can see his chest fill with air I’ll run thehs I proot the rest of your life to make love to that woman

I look at her, and she smiles at me as she pushes her hair behind her ear I know And I plan to

Sans You want one? He pushes to his feet

I’ll eat just about anything Saet fat and lazy now that you’re getting married?

What’s your excuse? I ask He punches my shoulder I wince because I’ that one, he signs, nodding toward Eirl who punches you in the fking nose when you et a cupcake I rub the bridge of my nose and think back I reach for the napkin on the table and start to doodle the tattoo I’ll put on her dad

I’n where Madison Avenue and Fae Family will be at the top and litzed up with lights and baubles while Faree and antique s Madison Avenue, despite all its wealth, will look poor in coure it out At the bottom, I’ll write the words he said to me when he asked for the tattoo: My fa

I ht have those words put across my ribs because they fit an looks tired It hasn’t been long since his accident, and he’s still recovering I actually let the

"You need some pain meds?" I ask

He shakes his head and motions me forward "Not yet," he says as he pulls ood knee He has the other propped on the coffee table He winces as he e of ainst e of the couch, and he looks at h half-closed blue eyes that simmer