Can't Say No (21 page)
Authors: Sherryl Woods
“But I made a promise to myself in Aspen that I was going to start saying no.”
He studied her in bemusement. “Let me see if I understand this. You're admitting that you love me and that you want to marry me?”
“Right.”
“But you can't say yes.”
“Exactly.”
He shrugged. “No problem.”
“No problem?”
“Say no, if that's what you feel you have to do,” he said, trying not to chuckle at her suddenly crestfallen expression.
“You don't really care?”
“Not as long as what you mean is yes.”
She eyed him warily. “There's a trick here, isn't there?”
“Not as far as I can tell,” he said innocently. “So, what is it? Will you marry me?”
She grinned and fell on top of him. “No.” Her arms crept around his neck. “No.” Her lips seared his bare shoulder. “No.”
Before he gave himself up to the sensations, he murmured, “Be sure and let me know when you've set the date.”
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ISBN: 9781460392034
Can't Say No
Copyright © 1988 by Sherryl Woods
First published by Silhouette Books, 1988
This edition published by Harlequin MIRA, 2015
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