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　　**GWEN**

　　At first,I was dumbstruck by the words as they hit my ears.Then,came the excitement,the innermost excitement of hearing him say them to me at the most unexpected time.Was he serious?He loved me?He truly,truly loved me or he was only seeking a way to get to me?It made me want to open the door.

　　"I mean it,"He confirmed,as though reading my mind.And there was so much eagerness in his voice that numbed every doubt in my head ...