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“You’d do that?” I had to keep ether

He smiled “Yes”

“True, but I do have a roo to handle this news

“She was the one with you at the gala?”

I nodded “It was actually her night So to supervise”

He laughed “That’s such an American concept”

“Why do you say that? Everyone should have a bucket list”

Dao—was that on your bucket list?”

I blushed “It should have been” My bucket list consisted of seeing rare collections of text, visiting historic libraries, and traveling to New Zealand It was probably a one-of-a-kind coe

“Just live, Molly Don’t worry about crossing things off an iinary list I proht” He winked

I didn’t want to tell hiree

“You ,” I pressed “It’s not only Aoals”

“I ht”

I tried to think of e had done that iven him a sense of accomplishment “Which was?”

“We’re not locked in separate hotel suites, are we?” I saw the Cheshire cat grin on his face