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First condition agreed to. Mothers find me charming.

As for Wyoming, I look forward to it. We’ll take my bike.

Anything else I can do to make it easier to say yes?

Yours,

Luca

I already knew I was going to say yes.

It was crazy, but now that I’d had a few hours to process everything, Luca’s proposal wasn’t so outlandish.

A year or two wasn’t a long time in the grand scheme of things, and living in Luca’s penthouse wouldn’t exactly be painful.

Getting married had been off my radar for a long time, but now I’d get to have that experience under my belt without all the ties that came with it.

Above all that, when I searched my heart, I came back to Luca’s fatigued expression and his raw admission at buckling under the pressure of his new life. If I could ease some of it and some of my own pressure, it would be selfish not to.

But I had one more condition.

To:[email protected]

From:[email protected]

Luca,

There’s something else that’s more of a request than a demand.

I want a cat.

Are you opposed?

Sincerely,

Your Inconvenient Almost-Fiancée, Saoirse

His response came swiftly.

To:[email protected]

From:[email protected]

Saoirse,

I’m not opposed.

You can have a cat as long as it doesn’t shit on any of my furniture or destroy my belongings.

Yours,

Luca

My heart lodged in my throat. I’d wanted a cat since I was a child, but my mother had never wanted one, and when I’d later moved out on my own, I’d traveled too often to really consider adopting one. But I’d be settled here in Denver for a while.

I could have a cat. No, I wasgettingmy cat.

I was smiling.

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