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“Do you want to?” she asked

“Well, at so to notice It’s been three months”

“I know,” Vicki said with a s to her abdo our little secret, you know?”

“Yeah” His voice roughened as his eyes dropped to her hand “I know”

“I suppose we could tell the by next ether before then”

“Then I’ll have to contend with one—or possibly both—of your brothers attenant out of wedlock”

“Out of wedlock? You sound like hed, the sound deep and infectious He had found it hilarious when she’d rando like her nan “Besides, Miles and Hugh don’t stand a chance against you You could stack them, one on top of the other, and they still wouldn’t be as tall as you”

“You have a truly skewed sense of your brothers’ height and abilities They’re not short And they’re not helpless And you know that Miles has been itching to have a go at me ever since you told him about us”

A coeration Miles had been happy for her So happy, that Vicki knew that the match probably hadn’t coot a kick out of pretending to be terrified of her “disapproving” big brothers

“They could kick ic about it,” he said “Worse They could totally hire soht amount of money He thinks of you as his baby sister too”

“If this bothers you so et married, jeez!”

They both went absolutely still at her impulsive words and stared at each other ide, startled eyes

“I mean…we could,” Ty said, his voice cautious

“Why haven’t we yet?”

“I have no idea”

“I love you”