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“What?” she asked, worried the joke had been too much.
James kept going. Only after a moment did he get his words out.
“If that’s all it takes, then I can’t wait for you to see what’s supposed to be delivered tomorrow.”
Sure enough, the next day just after lunch a package came in.
It was the set of blackout curtains James had already bought two days prior.
A month later, Rose officially moved in. Five months after that they were married in the field behind the house.
James would go on to confuse everyone in attendance when he credited their entire love to a set of curtains.
Rose, however, would absolutely smile.
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