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Or to kiss her Definitely not that

She sucked in a deep breath,his eyes “What?”

“Maybe the world isn’t so black and white after all”

After a rip on her pink rose, pressed her ht line, and nodded “Maybe it’s not”

And that, ladies and gentlemen?

Was a win

Chapter Twelve

Three days later, the town car stopped in front of a huge, domed structure, and Alicia sucked in a deep breath as she tried to figure out where he was taking her this ti her all over his country They’d gone to see a ballet, which had e, and then to a mountain to watch the sun set, where she’d felt like she was literally on top of the world again

And through it all, Leo was a perfect gentle her with his kindness The thing was, she could absolutely see he was different froed woman, too

One who didn’t want to get hurt again

Every time he took her soot closer to creeping back into her heart Her nerves were already wrecked fro her funny jokes that h

Maybe a little bit too enthusiastically?

“And then the queen said, ‘Honestly, Henry I would have thought a king would be far too mature for pants covered in ducks in the bathtub”

“Ohshower caps?”

“Pink ones,” he said, grinning