“I want to marry you.” I blinked real hard, believing I was dreaming. “I know we haven’t known each other long, and we don’t have to do it right away . . . but I feel like I’ve loved you forever.” I ran my fingers over my lips. My grin was wide, blooming from deep in my core. Inside, I was saying: HOLYMOLYWHATISHAPPENING? But on the outside, I was as cool as a cucumber. “Okay.” He laughed, his chest shaking against my shoulder. “Okay? That’s all?” “That’s all.” I craned my head and kissed his jaw, content to stay here for the rest of my life. Well—not here, in a hospital bed—but with him, yes.
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