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"That sounds very nice," he said with another nuzzle against ift" He held my face with both of his hands as I loved hi here and getting started on the wedding night?"

One second later

"Mrs Blackstone is so onboard with that plan"

He held out his arm for me "My lady, shall we?"

"Did I ever tell you how entleot, but ot a very pleased look in his eyes "Well, that’s really good to know, baby I think I can walk that line for you" His eyes hooded, he drew ht"

Thank sweet baby Jesus "I have to run upstairs to our rooift for you, okay? I’ll just be a ue in a circle, just above where er during our vows, before lettingfor you at the bottom of the stairs when you co," he purred at me

"God, I love you so ave hly doubtful," I called over e fro back dohen I sensed a war aroundway I stopped on the landing where theon the wall I loved looking at this painting, and it wasn’t just the subject , it was the ereat love in this family Sir Jeremy with his blue eyes and sandy hair looked to his lovely, fair Georgina with an expression that just exuded his deep love for her I don’t kno Tristan Mallerton et it down in paint, but he most certainly had captured the o And it just took my breath away in its pureness

And then there were the children--an older boy and a younger girl The little girl sat on her ined how he s for such a portrait as this My art training gaveof this scale; it would have been immense A child didn’t look like that unless she felt it This little girl had loved her daddy, and been loved very much by him in return Just like me

I love you so o down the rest of the way, I could see Ethan waiting forpatiently as if he understood I was having a nize ht about it, Ethan had been the greatest gift iven tofather, had sent Ethan Blackstone to find me in London so he could rescue me I now had the rest of my life to be thankful for that fact

Thank you, Daddy I looked at the little girl in the painting and felt the connection with her, even with centuries between us I hoped that Sir Jere her father Twenty-five years was the aiven with ift it was

I refused to be sad in thinking of ht for me now He loved me and I loved him He was still withcould ever take that away from either of us

"Keep your eyes closed until I tell you to open them, okay?" I parked the car and went over to Brynne’s side to help her out "No peeking, Mrs Blackstone, I want to do this right"