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Her heart stuttered, and her fingers tingled froainst hers, but she shoved both reactions to the back of her mind where she’d deal with them later, if at all “Nice to meet you, Barry and Delores I hope he pays you well for wasting your time”

She reached up and started to close the , figuring he’d et squashed, his choice, but this had to end Having her heart broken twice by the sa she wanted to experience

“I told you once that I wasn’t ahis hand or taking his gaze off her “You’d put that in our cover story and said that I would for you You were right I’ Please, just hear me out”

She hesitated, thehalfway down, re the moment in the lobby when it had all still felt like just a fun adventure before she’d gone and fallen in love “I already have Nothing’s changed Please don’t make this harder than it is”

“Things have changed, thanks to several people who pointed out in great detail what a complete o on it “I know you have the original, but I think we need to start over” He wrote soh the partially open , held it out to her “These are my terms”

Her hand shook as she took the napkin and read it

YOU

That’s all it said Her chin started to tremble

“That’s really all I need Just you,” he rushed on “My big-picture plan is to spend the rest of forever with you”

Clover couldn’t breathe, but her heart was going a billion an to sink in

“Yo, man on the platform,” one of the cops yelled froot a per?”

“That’s it” Sawyer picked his hand up fro theon hi I can’t make it happen without that, so name your terms”

Her ter they’d put on that napkin at Vito’s—it was a gaement None of it had been real But this? God help her, she believed

“Sir,” the cop yelled again “I’onna need you to come do”

Both of thenored the officer as Sawyer reached in his pocket and pulled out the e and went down on one knee