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He took a moment and then turned to face her

Sabrina’s hair had come loose and she pushed it away from her face, her eyes shiny and full He saw the questions there and hoped like hell that he had the right answers

“What are you doing?” she asked haltingly

Teague blew out a hot breath and dragged his hands through his hair “I’”

Her delicate eyebrow arched “But…”

“You asked me how I know that what I feel for you is love Open the envelope I gave you in the summer”

“Envelope” A small frown furrowed her brow “How do you know that I haven’t?

Teague watched her closely “Because if you had opened it already, you would know”

“What would I know?” she whispered, and her lips trembled

“You would know that I love you with everything that I’ve got You would know that when I look at you and Harry and Morgan, I see the world differently I don’t see war and desperation or suffering I see so that I’ve never seen before I see hope and beauty I see love”

Teague walked past her and headed toward the front door His chest was tight and he had no idea if he was playing this correctly But he was going to go with his gut He was going to give her the tiure this out on her own

“Open the envelope, Sabrina You’ll be able to get inside my head and then you’ll knohat I know ”

Teague sat in his car for a good fiveif he’d done the right thing by walking away He could have had her He knew this He could have scooped Sabrina into his arms and carried her up to her bedrooht

“Shit,” heaway from the curb

It was a cool evening, boasting a night sky full of stars and a hint of frost in the air Teague slid fro back against the vehicle as he lit the Montecristo Voices from behind the house echoed eerily across the water and he knew that most of his family was out there They were a noisy bunch and he smiled when his sister Grace started in on his cousin Cooper Those tere always butting heads