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tha t.”

I don’t push thing s with R yle when it comes to speed ing thi ng s up
in our rel ations hi p. Our lives are per fec t ho w they are. We’re too busy
for a wed ding any way, so I don’t mind if he want s to wait a lot long er.
“Wha t about you?” Allysa pres ses . “Would you say yes if he
proposed ?”
I laugh. “Are you kidding me? Of course. I’d marr y hi m toni ght .”

Allysa looks over my sho ulder at her bed room door. She purses her
lips toget her and tries to hi de her smile.
“He’s stand ing in the door way, isn’t he?”
She no ds.
“He hea rd me say tha t, didn’t he?”
She no ds again.
I roll ont o my back and look at R yle, propped up agains t the

door frame with hi s arms folded over hi s ches t. I can’t tel l wha t he’s
thi nk ing after hea ring tha t. His ex pres sion is tight . His jaw is tight . His
ey es are na rro wed in my direc tion.
“Lily,” he says with stoic composure. “I would marr y the he ll out of
you.”
His words make me smile the most em barra ssing , wides t smile, so I

pull a pillow over my face. “Why, tha nk you, R yle, ” I say, my words
muffled by the pillow.
“Tha t’s rea lly sweet ,” I hea r Allysa say. “My brother is actually
sweet .”
The pillow is pulled away from me and R yle is stand ing over me,
ho lding it at hi s side. “Let ’s go.”
My hea rt beg ins to bea t faster. “Right no w?”

He no ds. “I took the week end off bec ause my parent s are in town.
You ha ve peo ple who can run your store for you. Let ’s go to Veg as and
get marri ed .”
Allysa sits up on the bed . “You can’t do tha t,” she says. “Lily’s a girl.
She want s a rea l wed ding with flowers and brides maids and shi t.”
R yle looks back at me. “Do you want a rea l wed ding with flowers

and brides maids and shi t?”
I thi nk about it for a sec ond .
“No.”