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_{hands light on her waist – were he more physically adept he might have lifted her – && john positively beams. it is hard to believe, but each time she mentions their engagement it becomes just a bit more real. ❝—- i still fear that you may have something in your eye, abby. ❞ she is the only one he allows such vulnerability with, the only one he trusts enough to let down the walls of egotism that surround him. he gives a pair of kisses, one to either of abigail’s eyebrows. ❝—- though i think i’ll continue to trick you until the wedding. you’ve kept me waiting for nearly three years, after all. ❞}