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All but doubled over with laughter, she threw her arms around him, hugged herself to his back. "Oh, I love you."
He went very still as emotion delivered a hard, bruising punch to his heart. Shaken, he turned, gripped her arms.

"What?" The laughter died out of her face. He looked stunned, and his eyes were dark and fierce. "What is it?"
"You never say it." Swamped, he dragged her close and buried his face in her hair. "You never say it," he repeated.
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"Yes, I do. Sure I do."
"Not like that." He hadn't known how much he'd needed to hear her say it, just like that. "Not without prompting. Without thinking about it first."

All but doubled over with laughter, she threw her arms around him, hugged herself to his back. "Oh, I love you."
He went very still as emotion delivered a hard, bruising pinch to his heart. Shaken, he turned, gripped her arms.