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"We’ll do it together"

"I was hoping you’d say that"

"You don’t ever have to do anything alone again," he proain let you down like I did tonight"

She flung her arms around him "You didn’t let me down You saved my life I love you I don’t know if I’ve really truly told you how er, and it wasn’t cool and then she was just gone Tonight I alht was how ed my life, how much you mean to me"

"I love you, too, baby, more than you know If you’d have died in there, I would have died with you" He ran his hand down her hair "Let’s go talk to your father We’ll get through the bad, and we’ll ue

A month after Lauren had sat in that wooden chair, certain she was going to die, she stood in a pink silk robe on a Paris balcony looking out over the city, appreciating lifein a fairy tale vision of perfection

She had teeks of heaven here with Royce, and then she’d start her new job with Mark and Lindsey Her father was retiring froh Roger was still around Apparently, her father had been being blackh she’d never found out about what Just that he no that Sharon had been involved, and perhaps, though she wasn’t certain, Brad as well

Royce walked up behind her and slid his ar out at it with her

"Yes," she sighed "I’lad we did this"

"Me too, baby," he said, and turned her to face him "And I can’t think of a better tihed and turned in his arain"

"Oh, yeah," he said "The talk" His expression turned serious, and he added, "I can’t go on like this, Lauren"

There was so so intense about him that her heart skipped a beat "What does that e between us" He bent down on his knee and took her hand, before presenting a black velvet box and flipping the lid open "Forever, baby Either you want eous white diahtly as the stars and her lips lifted in a smile "On one condition You still have to work on the bossy thing"

"You like the bossy thing"

"Sometimes," she admitted, and then bent down and kissed hilory, and took her to bed, where he excelled at being deliciously bossy

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