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28– Say It Again

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last update Last Updated: 2024-10-25 15:31:13

“Tell me again, Lilian,” Axel hushed, his feet pushing him forward.

Lily mirrored him by taking a step back, her bottom lip caught viciously between her teeth. “I love you.”

Axel shuddered a breath, “say it again.”

“I love you, Mr. George,” Lily repeated.

Axel moved forward.

She pushed backwards.

He moved forward again.

She pushed backwards, the intensity of his gaze and his movements threatening to burst through her chest with loud pounding.

Her back crashed into a wall, trapping her petite body in-between. One step drew Axel completely close to her, invading her senses with the strong whiff of his cologne.

Her heart rose to her throat, beating so raggedly she almost fainted from the dizziness.

She didn’t know what to expect. Hell, she didn’t know why she made that confession. It was the excitement. The joy of knowing that her husband-to-be was an exceptional man.

Whatever the reason might be, she hadn’t intended for it to come out the way it did.

Axel’s thumb slowly ran across her
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