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I walk back over, lay the dress on the bed and take her face in my hands
“Not only airlfriend, or” I pause,at, haven’t dated in years No time No interest”
“Okay” She bites her lip “It’s just, someone like you, who looks like you, has all this” She waves a hand toward the ceiling “I don’t want to couys aren’t loyal Especially if they don’t have to be I’m sure you could have anyone you wanted”
“I don’t want anyone Well, I didn’t Now I do Very much And that person is you”
Looking at her in ht I don’t want her to ever leave
And it won’t be long before I take all of her
“I FEEL LIKE A PRINCESS” Her brilliant blue eyes sparkle in the lit candles on the linen tablecloth, and the joy I see there is what I want to see every day for the rest of my life
“You are a princess” I lean over and press hs, and I know I can’t ever let her go
“The clothes” She looks down at the red sequined dress, its shade perfectly nature lipstick “The dinner The way everyone in the restaurant is looking at us It feels like a fairy tale”
When we left the house, we took the limo rather than the Merc or the Suburban I wanted her to feel special and spoiled A limo and a driver to chauffeur us around town seemed to do the trick
We spent a few hours shopping at some boutiques, and the back of the lis and boxes She fussed at first, said she didn’t need anything So I just started grabbing everything I could reach at the first shop where we stopped, giving it to the poor gal that aiting on us and telling her to ring up everything
Es out things she liked—things we both liked—and the joy I saw in her eyes ain
“They’re looking at us because they’ve never seen me with a woht”
“I still find that so hard to believe”
“You will learn in time to trust me I’ve not felt like this for anyone, ever Please don’t take that lightly”
“You barely know me”
“I’m a very perceptive man It’s my job to know people You knohat else I know?”
“What?”
“You’re going to be a great mother When we renovate the second floor, you can choose which rooms will be for the children”