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Nothing kicked a guy in the teeth like a marriage proposal rejection.
After leaving Merry's apartment, Will took the long way home, not yet ready to face the big family meeting. He drove the beach road, which required four-wheel drive and really good struts.
Had he really misread Merry that badly? When he was with her, everything made sense, as if she was a light illuminating his little corner of the world. If you think I'd marry you so you can take care of me, you don't know me at all.
Of course he didn't think that. Or did he? He thought about all the times he'd tried to protect Merry. The time she'd been tranq-ed. When he'd discovered her working at the Rootin' Rooster. Merry tended to get into trouble, and naturally he wanted to get her out. Because he was an officer of the law,
