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Oh no. Oh please. Don't let there be another misunderstanding.

"You have it wrong."

"W-What do you mean?"

"When I look back on that day," Adriano says unsteadily, "I think I've always known."

It takes me a while to realize I was scared for nothing.

"The moment I saw you, somewhere in my heart, I knew—"

And I start to cry even as his hands settle on my waist as he slowly pulls me close.

"I've found the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with."

I close my eyes as he lowers his head. Our lips meet, and the whole world fades away.

This man...is my boss.

And someday, my husband.

But from the very start, he was the man God chose for me, and the man I'll love for the rest of my life.

Epilogue

SHAYLA

ISTAND BEHIND THEheavy wooden doors, listening to the gentle melody of the string quartet filtering through. My heart is racing, but not out of nervousness. It's just that my joy is almost impossible to contain, my gratitude to God overflowing.

So much has changed in such a short time, and I know it's all because of Him. Therese is no longer a concern. I didn't even have time to wonder or worry if there's anything going on between them. I didn't even have to ask a single thing. That night we got back together, Adriano told me right away that he's dealt with Therese. Apparently, she tried asking him out again when we were apart, and because he already knew of his feelings by then, he had told her they could only be colleagues...since he was hoping to marry me, the woman he loved.

And yes, he said those exact words.

Lissa White is also joining our firm to reduce Adriano's workload. He wants to spend more time loving me and making babies, and yes, he did say those exact words, too. Even worse? He insisted on being quoted verbatim on this when we were interviewed.

Hope's pregnancy is showing now, and the amount of satisfaction her husband derives from this...is equally proportionate to the dissatisfaction I derive from how Chip continues to bark at me...while all it takes is one meeting with Adriano, and the traitor can't stop wagging his tail every time he sees my boss.

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