Gwen Grayson froze, her body tensing up.Tim held her tightly, leaning down to whisper in her ear, "Gwen, let's be together."Gwen Grayson was stunned. For a long while, she didn't respond.Tim turned her around to face him, his expression and voice growing even more resolute. "Let's date." Then, as if feeling that sounded too casual, he added, "With marriage as the goal."With that, Tim cupped her face and kissed her—urgent and demanding, as if he were finally doing something he'd always wanted to do, and now he was collecting on it with interest.Gwen Grayson went from shrinking back at first, to shyly responding, and then to kissing him back with equal warmth. She answered him with her own response—yes.Tim was overjoyed. One hand cradled the back of her head, the other gripped her waist, pulling her so close it seemed he wanted to fuse her into his very being.Gwen Grayson shivered all over, her mind snapping back to clarity. She pushed him away with all her strength, her face flu
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