Then she took another, to try to stop the dizzy feeling in her head. “You want us to get a house? Together?” “Isn’t that what married people do? Have babies, buy houses. Live happily ever after. Stuff like that.” “You still want to marry me?” “Isn’t that what you do when you love someone?” A giddy lightness settled over her. “I love you, too.” He pulled her into his arms and held her so tight. Don’t ever let go. “I really thought that reading my journal would change the way you feel about me,” she said, her voice muffled in his robe. “It did change the way I feel. You were my best friend, my confidant, the woman I love.” He tipped her face up so he could look in her eyes. “Now you’re my hero.” She blinked. “Me? Someone’s hero?” “Lucy, you are by far the bravest person I’ve ever known.”
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