“Ask me what my favorite color is.” “What?” I furrow my brow. “Ask me again what my favorite color is,” he asks again, a smile on his lips like he has a secret ready to share with me. I laugh, wiping the tears from my eyes. “What’s your favorite color, Silas?” Instead of answering, he lifts his hand, removing the wedding band on his finger and tilting it into the light so I can see the engraved marking along the inside. “dd4a3d?” “It’s a hex code.” Silas slides the ring back on, reaching forward to brush a piece of hair behind my ear. “For the orangish-red color named Coraline. I want you.
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