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“Good” Copper captured a stray curl and rubbed it between his thu Doc says I’ll be fully functional in three to four months “So let’s plan it for the end of July Yeah?”

Her h

“What? You thought I forgot?”

“Uht you were ra” Her face had paled a little

Copper snorted “Nope And you agreed You gonna tell me you lied to me?”

Shell shook her head More curls fell from the loose pile “No I just…are you sure?”

“Michelle Ward, I can’t get down on one knee for the next few months, but I can still tell you how I feel I’ve wasted so o I don’t want to spend another day without you by my side I love you I want to irl back there”

Shell was openly crying now “You want to adopt Beth?”

“Yeah, baby I want to adopt Beth”

“And you want to marry me?”

“I want tobad So, what do you say? Will you make an honest man outta me?”

Shell threw her arms around him and squeezed When he winced, she said, “Sorry! Sorry! I forgot you were hurt Oh, et?”

Heher in his aronna put me out of my misery?”

“Oh! Yes,” she said “Yes, Copper, I’ll marry you It’s all I’ve wanted for more than ten years Of course, I’ll marry you”

He gripped her by the back of the head and crushed their ether, split lip be da that mouth

She’d agreed to be his wife

His kingdom was complete now that he had his queen

EPILOGUE

SIX MONTHS LATER

“Say it again,” Copper said as he drew his hips back

“Copper, co me Just let me come”

Killing her? She had no freaking idea The slow, sucking grasp of her pussy as he pulled out nearly did him in “Say it”