Over Her Dead Body: the Bliss Legacy - book 2
“The word shock didn’t describe Keeley’s wide eyes and slack mouth. She looked as if he’d stunned her with a laser.
He set her away from him. “Well?”
She took a couple of steps back, looking dazed.
“Well?” he said again, bending his head to catch her eyes.
“You’ll have to cut me some slack here. Getting from you walking out of my room less than twenty-four hours ago to the, uh, ever after thing is a stretch. I need a little time.”
“Take all the time you want, as long as it’s ...less than sixty seconds.”
“First off.” She took a breath. “What you said, mornings, future, all of that. It sounds suspiciously like a proposal of … marriage.”
Gus thought about that. What he knew about marriage he’d viewed from an outside window, and looking in he’d seen cheating wives—and husbands, alimony fights, and drug-inspired violence.MoreLess
He set her away from him. “Well?”
She took a couple of steps back, looking dazed.
“Well?” he said again, bending his head to catch her eyes.
“You’ll have to cut me some slack here. Getting from you walking out of my room less than twenty-four hours ago to the, uh, ever after thing is a stretch. I need a little time.”
“Take all the time you want, as long as it’s ...less than sixty seconds.”
“First off.” She took a breath. “What you said, mornings, future, all of that. It sounds suspiciously like a proposal of … marriage.”
Gus thought about that. What he knew about marriage he’d viewed from an outside window, and looking in he’d seen cheating wives—and husbands, alimony fights, and drug-inspired violence.MoreLess
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