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“Alexis,” he said,her into his ar up to you and our children for what I’ve done if you’ll only let me be a part of your future, yours and our babies’ You’ve taught me so much—how to be a real father to Ruby but ain, to love you and Ruby and our unborn children I owe you everything”

“You owebut your love, Raoul I deserve that at the very least Unencumbered and whole Can you do that?”

Alexis drew back, searching his face for so he only hoped she could see

“It’s yours Everything I a I’m yet to be”

She didn’t answer hiarded him carefully for a few minutes Time stretched out interminably

“I’ forfor these children, too They deserve unconditional love, no matter what happens now or in the future I’ve loved you a long time, Raoul, at first fro it’s hurt like hell and I’ to recover I’d all but come to terms with the fact that you would never be mine to love the way I wanted to love you If I co on behalf of the babies, as well I need to be able to trust you, for all our sakes”

“I’ain soe the rest ofthe best man I can be, the best husband, the best father”

“Husband?”

“I want to commit to you, Alexis I want to wake up with you beside ht with you, I want to make up with you I want to spend everysure you know I love you with everything I a you’ve made me see I can be” He slid off the sofa and onto one knee in front of her “Will you be my wife? Will you come back to ether?”

“Oh, Raoul I want that with all ht with you and s You’re all I ever wanted from the first time I saw you I never believed, in ether and I’o now I love you, Raoul, so very, very much”

She slid down to her knees in front of him and wrapped her arms around him As they drew close he was filled with unspeakable joy, as if things were right again in his world for the first ti time

“You won’t regret it, Alexis I pro husband and father for as long as you’ll have me”

“Forever will never be long enough,” she whispered, lifting her face for his kiss and, as his lips touched hers, he knew she was right

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