Beneath The Facade
Not even my father has succeeded in that battle of wills against my mother over the years.
"Do you love me, Hermione? Are you willing to marry me, not just based on the circumstances with which we were brought together? Do you want me despite my shortcomings, as your partner? Will you marry me?"
"Yes," I whisper to him, holding his intense gaze, which has darkened with emotion, his desire for me palpable. Although I still feel it's too soon—I don't have much experience with romance, so I won't know the appropriate timeframe to love that deeply—I say, "I love you. Your birth circumstances don't matter to me. You don't have to be perfect; nobody is. But you have to promise not to break my hear
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