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“I don’t want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want you.”
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Gilbert drew her close to him and kissed her.

Why can’t all romance novels be this simple??😭

Four year college in one book😅

“I must. Things can’t go on like this any longer. Anne, I love you. You know I do. I…I can’t tell you how much. Will you promise me that someday you’ll be my wife?”
“I…I can’t,” said Anne miserably.

“How those girls enjoyed putting their nest in order. As Phil said, ‘it was almost as getting married. You had the fun of homemaking without the bother of a husband.’”

“If I had my way, I’d shut everything out of your life, but happiness and pleasure, Anne.”

“Gilbert suddenly laid his hand over the slender white one lying on the rail of the bridge. His hazel eyes deepened into darkness. His still boyish lips opened to say something of the dream and hope that thrilled his soul. But Anne snatched her hand away…”🥹