Page 116 of Hidden Chance

“Don’t get too comfortable.” He turned and pulled her into him. “Now that we’ve finally gotten to the endof this assignment, I plan on spending some quality time with you.”

“You don’t consider these past weeks quality time?”

“Yeah, but that’s been full of work talk. We should go away somewhere together, like Fiji.”

“You mean you and me?”

“Yeah.”

“Alone?”

“Yeah. If you’d like to go somewhere else for the honeymoon, I’m open to suggestions.”

She pulled back. “What?”

“What?”

“Honeymoon?”

“That’s what people do after they get married, isn’t it?”

“Did you just?—”

“I know we haven’t been together long, but I’ve been around long enough to know when I want to spend the rest of my life with someone. Were you hoping for a more romantic proposal? Am I skipping ahead too fast?”

She’d thought a lot about spending the rest of her life with him, more than she’d care to admit, but was afraid it was too soon to make a decision like that. He made it sound so easy. “Fast, yes. But…”

“I like the sound of that but.”

“I don’t want to be with anyone besides you, that’s for sure.”

“I hoped you’d say that.”

“Robby!” Holland called from across the room. “We’re done here.”

Robby didn’t take his eyes off Hannah as he responded. “Got it!”

“Don’t you need to go clock out or something?” Hannah said.

“Nope. I’m waiting to hear what you have to say.”

“Right now?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. I’m gonna say yes, because I definitely want to be your wife, but I’ll need time to process this.”

“I could have done the proposal better.”

“I don’t care about that. What I care about is who I spend the rest of my life with.”

“Great. ’Cause I can wait as long as you need if I know that you’re my fiancé.”

Hannah laughed. “As long as I need?”

“Yeah. But make sure it’s not too long.” He twisted her around behind a display and kissed her.

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