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He drops his face tohis arht into his ear

"But actually I love you or I love you like I never knew I could love anything You’re more important to me than air itself, and I don’t ever want to spend a day without you Because you believed infinally becah his chest He inhales deeply, squeezing le wild beat of his heart

"You were always a swan, you bloody idiot," he says in a strangled voice

I tilt h my eyes are filled with tears They’re happy tears, however Happy-ever-after tears "Whatever I a stupid and ruin the ru from ear to ear His eyes are filled with happy tears, too He bends his head toward mine but then stops "Wait"

I crinkle my brow "What?"

"You haven’t said you’ll marry me"

"Welltechnically, you haven’t asked"

He pretends to think about it "You’re right I haven’t"

When he doesn’t say anything else, I prompt, "So?"

"So I think I should wait until after lunch I’ed, I shted byfor "All right, hold your horses, Miss Snufflebottoimme a minute to compose myself before I pop the question!"

I stare at him with pursed lips as he clears his throat and adopts a serious expression When he looks at ettin’ h! That wasn’t a question!"