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He wanted her to remember him as more than a man who could skip out on foreplay, take or leave the pillow talk He wanted to be more than a man she called out as her Master or Sir He wanted to be her lover for life, her greatest love, and her husband

“Marry ainst her lips

“Marry you?” she asked, breaking the connection completely

“Yes, Julie,” he assured her “I know I’m not much in the way of romance, but I love you I know I can make you happy I want to be your husband I want you to be my wife”

She stared at hi eyes “I don’t think you mean that, Hank”

“Have you ever knownI didn’t mean?”

A moment of silence passed “Have you discussed this with Duke?”

“No,” he admitted “This isn’t about Duke It’s about me and you”

“And Duke is usually in bed with us Don’t you think we should discuss this with him?”

“I expect you to marry him, too”

“Hank, you knoe can’t do that”

“Sure we can We’ll find someone who’ll ood old days, we could’ve done it and gotten by with it”

“They would’ve hung us out on the prairie, Hank”

“No, ould’ve ether, and no one would’ve asked questions They would’ve assumed ere married, and Duke just hit hard times and had to move in with us”

“Why are we talking about the Wild West right now at this moment?”