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“Oh?”
“Now that we’ve come to love one another, we don’t have to wait during a long, drawn-out engagement.” She placed a quick kiss on his lips.
Henry’s eyes lit up, and he nuzzled a few kisses along her neck in response. “And here I thought I might need to claim a rat had been spotted in your room.”
Dinah pushed him away and shook her finger. “Don’t you ever even joke about that.”
Henry kissed the tip of her finger. “Very well. And just so you know, I have ordered two footmen to inspect your room every week to be sure no rodents eventhinkabout visiting you.”
However had the stars aligned in such a way that she would end up married to him? “You are a good man, Henry, despite all your moods and bluster.”
“My moods and bluster are half of what attracted you to me in the first place.”
“True.”
Henry stood, circled the bench, and took her hand. “Come now. I know you are exhausted. We should get you to bed.”
Dinah walked beside him toward his bedchamber door. “I like the idea of going to bed,” she went up on tiptoe and whispered, “but I’m suddenly not very tired.”
Henry waggled his eyebrows then kissed her temple. Dinah passed over the threshold into his room and into her new life. One filled with family and love. One where she felt cherished and important. One she shared with a thoughtful and passionate man.
One she adored and was never going to leave.
