The Memory of Your Kiss
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“Yes …” She responded hesitantly.
“This is the other part: Will you marry me?”
“Wha—?” She thought her heart would leap out of her chest.
“I want to do more than make love. I want to love you, live with you, grow old with you—forever.” He went on, hurriedly, as though he were afraid of her response. “I love you, Sydney, and I think you love me too.”
“Oh, yes, I do. I do love you.” She threw her arms around his neck, spilling both glasses of champagne, and said, “Yes. Yes, I will marry you.”
Lunch and more champagne were temporarily forgotten as they sealed this troth in the most exquisite way possible. The former Miss Sydney Waverly finally knew exactly what some married women whispered about and she felt all the ecstasy that any girl dreamed of experiencing with a lover.
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