I get to the back door right as my father strikes up a conversation, no doubt intending to scare Levi off—because nothing says reconsider everything you’re doing like commenting how Rose Aurora Danner doesn’t have a better ring to it; hence, the billionaire should consider changing his name in the event we get married. I linger in the kitchen half a second longer than I need to just so I can hear how Levi responds to that. “Levi Mars Danner-Briars. I would hyphenate, of course. Purely because Mars and Briars end on similar sounds, and I think having them back-to-back would bother Rose.”
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