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Once she was out of the car, he put the jacket over her ar her hand, he led the way down onto the beach

“This is really sweet, Gideon”

“No one ever taken you to the beach for a stroll?”

“No” She giggled “They have never driven miles out of their way to ical Thank you”

He locked their fingers together

It was too soon to tell her what she meant to him, too soon to let her know the plans he had and hoped to achieve with her and her alone

So s he wanted

A family

Children

To spend every waking moment with her

“Have you thought ?” he asked

“I have I mean, it’s not exactly hard to think about it I work in the basement of your father’s casino My life has been pretty li about a life ahere I don’t have to worry about a security guard or anything like that is pretty da”

“Can I ask for one favor?”

“Of course”

“Don’t make any rash decisions yet I want the opportunity to … date you”