‘William.’ Caroline laughed. ‘Why are you so upset?’
Will lifted his head. He saw her clearly, in full, agonizingly perfect live color. Somehow, he squashed down the sob in his chest, but there was nothing he could do about the tears stinging his face. ‘Why am I so upset?’
‘Don’t be upset. I’m not. I’ll be fine,’ she said, cocking her head, hair dipping over one eye. Arms crossed, she exhaled, bit her bottom lip for a second, and said, ‘I’ll be just fine. I’m going to start over. So I don’t remember you after that day in the diner, or know what I did, or how I got here. It might help to think of me as a raving madwoman since what I’m about to say next is going to come screaming way out of left field, especially considering I don’t remember anything about you except for your shoes, but—and don’t ask me how I know this, I just do—I know I how I feel. Yes, it’s crazy, and it’s not because I’m grateful you saved my life, which I am, but I know,’ she lay a hand over her heart, ‘in here, that I love you. I don’t care how insane it sounds. I’m grabbing my life by the balls, William, and I don't suppose you'd want to marry me, would you?’
William Murphy never saw it coming.
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