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61 " She turned her head aside and Rylan kissed her cheek, her neck, her hair. “Say you’ll marry me. Please say yes.”What was a woman to do? She wound her arms around his neck and said, “I love you too, Rylan.A man I didn’t care about could never hurt me so badly.”He silenced her with a kiss. And when he had well and truly driven every thought out of her head, he said, “I’ll try my best to never hurt you again, but I suspect you’ll find me a trial on many occasions.”“As you will me. "
― Mary Connealy , Spitfire Sweetheart (Four Weddings and a Kiss)
62 " Scowling, the parson said, “I find that mighty disrespectful, Miss MacGregor. Shameful, even.”Rylan stepped between Parson Alden and Maizy. “She saved this ranch and she will continue to do so until I’m well. She’s given selflessly in the finest kind of Christian service, and she’s done it wearing those britches. I won’t stand by while someone calls that kind of love and generosity shameful. You’d best apologize to her and get on with speaking those vows.”When he left, Maizy said, “My ears are still ringing from all his terrible predictions if you don’t take care.”Rylan pulled her close. “I’ll be careful. I promise. But did you notice all his talk was about work?”“Well, of course. What else would he talk about?”Rylan pulled his wife close. He kissed her soundly. As she was clinging to him, he raised his head just enough to say, “The doc didn’t say a word about overdoing a honeymoon.”Maizy’s eyes grew round. “Why, no, he didn’t.” They both laughed and began their married life finally, fully, and passionately. "