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The King Tiffany Reisz 12530K 2023-09-03

"Sam?" He put both hands on her shoulders and forced her to face hi at first and then slowly nodded her head

"It won’t go away anytime soon," he said "So if it truly bothers you that I feel this way about you, then it ether I don’t" He squeezed her shoulders before pulling his hands away "I don’t want to hurt you or make you uncomfortable"

"It doesn’t upsetyou hurtsyou have to worry about"

"But I’ve never loved a jobwith you I love the e’re doing Especially the part of the here weon that part But we’ll get hi but faith in you" Her words ive ive sley paused "What was the thing that crippled Supersley said "A worinned, and that sht back into day

"If it makes you feel any better," she said, "I’ll tell you this If I were going to be with any man on earth, it would be you No one but you Feel better?"

"Much" He didn’t knohy, but those were the words he most needed to hear from Sam He adored her, loved her humor, her playfulness, the way she took care of his ho care of him as if he were her own That’s all he needed to hear--if she was ever going to go to bed with a man, it would be him He needed to be special to her, as special as she was to hi h as it is"

"I’ll stop saying it, then," he pro it"

"You’re the beautiful one" She crossed her arms over her chest "You put anyone in a room to shame--man or woman"

"You won’t think that when you meet le prêtre He puts all men to shame"

"Who? Oh, the priest? He’s that hot?"

"Even you’ll be te look, and he feared she was about to ask a question he didn’t want to answer

"What’s in the box?" he asked before Sam could ask her question

"Present for you," she said "A thank-you gift for this job"

"You don’t owe ift"

"Fine, then" She picked up the box "I’ll keep therabbed the box from her "Mine"

He took off the lid, and inside he found a pair of black knee-high boots, gleahest shine