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She walked to thethen turned back and glared at him "This is so your fault Before I nant And I have feelings Like before, after our dinner? I wanted you to kiss one s are a whole lot , let ainst the desk and held in a s suspected was hidden inside The passionate wo with body and soul

"Don’t look at me like that!" she told him

"Like what?"

"I don’t know With amusement and pride I’m not a puppy"

"I never said you were"

She sto! Do you knohat that means? I really am my parents I’ve worked so hard to not be the to throw a plate at your head!"

He crossed to her, grabbed her by her upper arainst hers When he drew back, he stared into her green eyes and knew exactly how to solve the problem

"Marry me"

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

DESTINY SAT ON HER BED The part where she’d left Kipling’s office and walked or possibly run ho She was pretty sure she’d told him no, burst into tears and then run off But maybe the fact that she couldn’t exactly reenerous offer then had sedately strolled away

Or not And rehly overrated, anyway

She reached for her guitar Her fingers found chords She wasn’t looking for a song, but the act of playing allowed her to relax

On the bright side, Lacey had left thatThe ind visit had ended with herto return in a couple ofwith Starr Destiny had a feeling that once word of her pregnancy spread, Lacey would becoular in Fool’s Gold

She had to ad a baby was scary Knowing her own mother would be around was nice

She continued to play, thinking that now that she was pregnant, as out of the question Which lass of ood for her, wasn’t it? And if she had raisin oatrain

Nutrition aside, she’d had a life and a direction Maybe a slightly strange one, but a life that was hers all the sahable now Wasn’t she ridiculously old for an unplanned pregnancy? Shouldn’t she have known better? All the running froenetics and her faed to avoid Single and pregnant and nearly thirty