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" – and I know that this isn’t what you bargained for, but I love you so much," he dropped to one knee in front of a completely stunned woman, holding a blue ring box opened to reveal a modest two carat diamond solitaire surrounded by two good-sized baguettes on either side in one hand and pressing the back of her hand to his lips with the other. "Patricia Ann Barton, would you do me the very great honor of becoming my wife?"

For a long moment, all she could do was stare at him, tears running down her face. Finally, she began to nod her head. "Yes, yes, yes," she whispered, and Reed slipped the ring on her finger during a passionate kiss.

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Their foreheads pressed together, Reed asked, as if he couldn’t really believe it, "You’ll marry me? You’re sure?"

Trish caressed his precious face. "Yes, I will, if you’re sure."

"Very, very. I want to keep you for all time."

"For all time," she vowed back to him.

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Backside of Love
: the
Intimacy of Authority
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