“Say yes, then. Marry me for real. Be my wife forever. I love you. I love you so fucking much. I don’t want this to end. There’s no way I’m letting you go. Being married to you is everything I never realized I wanted.” He takes a deep breath, broad chest and tattoo rising and falling, and his throat works. “I love being your husband. I said I’d never fall in love with you and that this marriage wasn’t real and that I wouldn’t miss you when it’s over but . . .” He shakes his head. “I was so wrong, sweetheart. So fucking wrong about all of it.” He takes a deep breath, his gaze full of resolve
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