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Stories of family and romance

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“I need something from you, Cleo.”

“Me?” Her voice sounded breathless. “What could I possibly do for you?”

“You could marry me.”

Marry him. Marry Ethan.

Cleo’s heart lurched, as if it was trying to find a way out of her chest. “Are you kidding?” she said.

“Not kidding.”

Marry Ethan? This whole episode was like something out of a fantasy, a too-familiar fantasy born the first moment she saw Ethan last winter. But the reality of Ethan was right in front of her. She could smell his delicious, sophisticated scent and see new lines of tiredness, or grief, maybe, etched around his serious mouth. His sister had died. He had a baby now.

A husband. A child. Ethan. A fantasy come to life.

“Yes, Ethan. I’ll marry you.”