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“I do, baby I want you to sign a e certificate”

Caroline blinked at hie certificate?”

Josh reached for her hand Tingles ran up her arht”

She shook her head “I told you I can’t”

He stepped towards her “You told me you couldn’t because you love me Do you still love me, baby?”

Caroline felt the tears she’d been fighting all day They flooded her eyes, ready to spill She blinked furiously Josh stepped into her space One hand wrapped around her to press against the s the distance between them She should have protested She should have ood to have his hands on her again To have hiain

He leaned down to nuzzle her ear “Do you still love me, Caroline?”

She sucked in a sob “Yes”

“Good” Josh kissed her neck below her ear “Because I love you, baby”

Caroline felt every muscle within her tense “You don’t mean it” Could he? It didn’tin love”

“Yeah” He spoke against her neck “About that I rong I fell in love with you” He wrapped both ar his clasped hands to rest in the small of her back His blue eyes captured hers “I fell in love with you theup at me I fell even deeper when you wouldn’t let me make a sound studio in the castle I fell in deeper still when you got drunk on chaarden And I fell all the hen you took me to your bed and let me make love to you”

Caroline’s head was spinning “You don’t et me to marry you”

He chuckled “Hell yeah, I’et you to marry me I want the woman I love to be my wife”

“What about the arrangement? What about a life of committed friendship and mutual respect?”

“Baby” He kissed her softly on the lips, stealing the air from her “We can have that too But we’ll also have romantic love and seriously hot sex”