Page 81 of Relentless

She drew back. “Really? You really want me to remember the day we decided to get married as the day you turned me down?”

He barked out a laugh. “As if I’d ever turn you down. But I am asking you to wait. At least for a few minutes.”

“We’re more than a few minutes from home,” she pointed out. They weren’t far, but it was closer to twenty-five minutes than afewminutes.

“We’re not going home,” he said.

She arched a brow. “We’re not?”

He shook his head. “No, we’re not. At least not yet.”

“Might I ask why?”

He smiled. “Because I have a mystery lake to show you.”

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