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“Thank you,” she said softly.

He tucked a finger under her chin and looked deep into her eyes. “You never have to thank me for loving you and wanting to do anything and everything that will make you happy. From here on out, there’s nothing in my life that will matter more.”

She smiled at that. “You know what I’m going to be most grateful for today?”

“What?”

“That all the other single women in this town somehow missed what a catch you are or were scared off by your warnings to stay away.”

J.C. chuckled. “You weren’t scared off, were you? Not even a little bit.”

“I had a few uneasy moments,” she admitted. “But I think I knew from the very first day that you were going to be worth every risk I took. Turns out I was right.”

“I’m glad you think so,” he said, then cut off the conversation with a kiss that took her breath away.

“Oh, yeah,” she murmured, when she could speak again. “I was really, really right!”

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