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“Some of it was true,” Bram disputed.

“You told me I proposed to you,” Augusta said, “and that isn’t true. I remember clearly that you proposed, and I turned you down because I was afraid we’d be incompatible.”

“Yes, the schoolteacher and the spy. It seemed like it shouldn’t make sense. But love isn’t a logical thing. Remember the night before I left? We had just made love and you were crying because I had to leave. Remember what you said to me?”

She tried to put the scene together. “I don’t think I could live without you now,” she said aloud, hearing their voice in her head and repeating the words.

“That’s right. And what did you say after that? It was very direct.”

Augusta groaned. “I asked you to marry me.”

“Yes, you did,” he said with obvious satisfaction. “I didn’t lie about that.”

“But you did lie when you told me we were married three days after we had our blood tests.”

“I dreamed,” he corrected….