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Belle rolled her eyes, but her lips went around the truffle and shethe last in his ue

“Oh my, that is heaven”

He handed her thewith the spoon

Neither of them spoke after they finished theirfrom Belle She fumed in the seat opposite hi her outside

“How about alk for a little bit?”

“You want to walk?”

“It’s a nice night out I’ will happen to you, I promise”

She chuckled “I can handleaway froht” They stopped underneath a lamp, and she looked up at the stars

Drago simply watched her

Even after all these years, he found her to be the singlewoman in his life He hated that he’d lost touch with her and that he’d not taken the tiret to his death She deserved to have someone to love her, to take care of her

In the back of his , about to be killed, and he pulled her into his arhtly to his chest He couldn’t allow anything to happen to her Not now, not ever

“What’s wrong?” Belle asked

He cupped her cheek, tilting her head back “If I’d not been there that night, I could have lost you I don’t want to even think about that”

“You didn’t lose o I was there, and so were you You could say fate intervened Put us both on the saain” She placed a hand on his chest “I’m so happy that you did what you did I didn’t want to die”

“I’ll always protect you, Belle For now Forever”

“Forever is a really long time What if you find someone else?”

“I think you’re trying to ignore what I’ at anyone else You’re the only one I see The only one I want I want you to think about this long and hard”

“What?”

“When we get Ava back, I want you to think about having ht I wanted kids, but I’d love the chance to be a good man to you, and a father to Ava”