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You didn’t let the fear stop you.
“But I just…I had to keep hoping.I know there are people out there—wives, children,sistersand brothers—their loved ones had been arrested.They’d committed terrible crimes.I know it happens.I know the ones we love can hurt us.Just like with Midas.”
Well, Midas had actually beenframedby his father and…
“Lane swore to me that he was innocent.I had to fight for him.I had to try.”
“Hewasinnocent.Now he’s free.”
Her smile bloomed.So stunning that he almost forgot to breathe.
Don’t get lost in her smile.Stay focused.“You…you didn’t answer my question.Do you hate me?”
The waiter reappeared.Brought the wine.Poured it with a flourish.Then he said something.Waited.
Shit.What had the guy said?Oliver had been so locked and loaded on Lark that he hadn’t even heard the words.
“No appetizers.”Lark sent the waiter her sunny smile.“Could you give us just a moment?”
“Absolutely,” he replied.“Take your time.”
Oliver shoved his hand into the pocket of his coat.
“He thinks we’re breaking up,” Lark whispered.
Oliver’s heart dropped.“What?We’re breaking up?”Were they officially a couple?He’d thought so.She stayed in his bed nearly every night.And when she wasn’t there…I want her to be.Granted, they’d been apart while he recovered from surgery after his attack, but as soon as the doc had given him the all clear…I went straight to her.
Why was she talking about breaking up?
“Is that why you asked me here tonight?”Lark’s thick, dark hair slid over her shoulder.“For a breakup?The waiter heard the part about hate but…”
Screw this.Oliver jumped out of his seat and hurried to her side of the table.Then he went down on one knee.
“Oliver?”
He pulled the small box from his coat.A box that he’d owned since the second day he’d met her.Foolish?Obsessed?Probably both.But he hadn’t lied to her before—not about how he felt.When he’d walked into that florist shop and seen her, everything changed for him.“You changed my world.”A spark when everything had seemed so dark for so long.He opened the box.Light hit the diamond.“I love you, Lark.I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”He sucked in a breath.Don’t hate me.Don’t.“Will you give me a chance?”
Her gaze never shifted to the diamond.It remained on his face.“No.”
The pain hit him harder than any bullet ever could.
“I don’t still hate you.Thought we’d been over this.Sometimes love and hate get all confused.”Her hand reached out and touched his cheek.“I’m not confused any longer.I love you completely, Oliver Foxx.And, no, I’m not giving you a chance.I’mtakingforever with you.”
His heartbeat drummed in his ears.“That’s a yes.”For the record.
“That’s a yes.”
He let out a yell that had their waiter scrambling toward them.Oliver ignored the waiter.He pulled Lark into his arms and kissed her.
***
The ring fit perfectly.Its weight already seemed natural.A part of her.
A low fire flickered in the fireplace.They’d gone back to Oliver’s.Forgotten the meal.She hadn’t been in the mood for food.I want him.
They were alone.In the room where they’d first had sex.
Fucking?
