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Hanging his clothes in the wardrobe and putting his personal toiletries away in the bathroom allowed Hugh to settle himself into a better frame of mind to consider the idea of being married to Anneliese.
As his heartbeat steadied, he wondered why her being beautiful made such a difference. Her sorrowful past and disability would be identically tragic if she were not attractive at all.
Wryly, he acknowledged that he had turned into a very shallow man to be moved by her unique, beautiful face.
He decided that the cure for any mysterious, enchanting, magical…whatever, was daily routine. He would surely get used to her striking appearance over the coming days and he would be able to survive the upcoming months without going mad from not touching her.
Though touching was not exactly what
