I said, “No, I wouldn’t. It’s how I want it to be.”
She shook her head. “You’re crazy, Nick. You don’t want to marry me.”
“I know why you say that. You think I’m just like the rest. You don’t know me yet.”
“No—I do know you.’ It’s not because of you, it’s because of me. What do you know of me? How can you—”
I grinned down at her. “I know you’re swell an’ I want you. Let’s be nice to each other, honey—we’ll get along.”
She gripped my hands hard. “You mean you’ll marry me? You’ll marry me?”
“What is it, baby?” I didn’t get her angle. She seemed scared that Td change my mind. This was crazy to me, because I thought I was the one to be getting scared.
She smiled suddenly. “You haven’t kissed me yet.”
“I will if you’ll marry me.”
“Kiss me, then.”