Mr. Fanny mumbled, “I can’t stop loving you, Lucy for that singular act. What more can I say but to seal up my love for you. Lucy,” he called in an emphatic tone.

“Yes, baby boo,” she replied, feeling heavy as her heartbeat thudded greatly with emotions.

After a hush of silence he said calmly, “Will you marry me?” he asked gently and waited for her response, before saying again, “will you be the only woman I can call wife?”

Hastily unable to fight back ...