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Aiesha felt a snarled and tightly bound inside her chest ‘I guess when you put it that way, how could I refuse?’

His hands tightened again on her shoulders ‘You mean it? You’ll marry me?’

She laughed at his shocked expression ‘Aren’t you going to ask me to say it?’

‘Say what?’

‘The three little ic words’

He grinned as he pulled her close again ‘I heard you the first time’

She wrinkled her brow as she tilted her head back to look at him ‘When was that?’

‘On stage tonight,’ he said ‘You turned to the audience and I knew you were speaking directly toI was surrounded by thousands of people and yet I felt like I was the only one in the audience’

Aiesha blinked through tears of happiness ‘That’s because you’re the only one that matters to me’

His eyes twinkled ‘What about my money?’

She twinkled her eyes right on back ‘I’ve got my own money’