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"Yeah?"

"That maybe?—"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I don't know if I should say."

“Oh my gosh, what is it?” My mind is racing now. What does he wanna say? Does he also wanna go to Australia or Antarctica or?—

“Can you FaceTime me?”

“What?” I answer in surprise. “What do you mean?”

“Well, I wanna say something to you, but I’d rather do it looking into your eyes.”

“Okay, I guess.” I press the video button, and it calls him. He answers immediately. He's sitting there in his crisp, white shirt, looking as handsome as ever.

"Damn, girl, you look fine!" he says, whistling.

I blush at his comment. "Okay, okay. Now what did you have to say to me?"

"Hey, pull the phone back a little bit. I wanna see all of you."

"Really, Liam?"

"What, a man can't appreciate his fiancée?"

"Fine!" I say as I pull the phone back.

"Damn, you look good!"

"Okay, now what did you wanna tell me that had to be said over FaceTime?"

"Well, there were two things," he says with a childish grin that makes my heart leap for joy.

"Oh, boy, what is it?"

"First thing is you look sexy as hell."

"Thank you, Liam." I giggle. "And the second thing?"

"The second thing is that I just wanted to tell you that I love you."

"Oh. I love you, too," I say, staring at him on the screen.

"I really do. You have no water to swim under right now and hide from me."

"I know," I say. "It's gonna be an interesting next couple of weeks, isn't it?"

"It's gonna be fine. It's gonna be amazing," he says. "Just know that whatever hurdles we may face, we'll jump over them together."

"Okay. I like the sound of that," I say. "Love you."

"Love you, too. I'll see you tomorrow."

Chapter Thirty

Liam

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