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    “Look, I know this is asking a lot, but…” Jak glanced at Arianna and gave her a soft smile. Arianna knew it was all an act, and she still melted inside. Then he leaned forward to whisper in the librarian’s ear. Arianna couldn’t hear what he said, but the girl’s eyes went wide, and a small smile crept onto her lips. She flicked a look or two at Arianna, but mostly she bit her lip and grinned.
    When Jak finally pulled back, the librarian smiled wide. “I don’t think it would hurt anything.”
    “You’re the best,” he gushed.
    Arianna had no idea what he had just told her, but two seconds later, the girl was fishing out her keys from her desk and beckoning them toward a special-purpose elevator. She keyed them in, and it was quickly apparent that they were heading down to the Restricted Access Only stacks.
    It was all Arianna could do to keep her grin in check.
    The girl stayed in the elevator when they stepped off. “Take your time. You don’t need a key to come back up, just punch the call button.”
    Jak grinned and squeezed the girl’s hand lightly. “Thanks again. I really appreciate this.”
    She smiled, and the elevator door closed, leaving Jak and Arianna in a giant room with dozens and dozens of shelves lined with books. Everything was a hundred years old by the musty smell, and the stacks stretched what looked like the length of the building. There wasn’t another soul in sight or signs of anyone down here with them.
    “What did you say to her?” Arianna asked, her grin finally let loose.
    Instead of answering, Jak swept her into his arms and kissed her thoroughly. She felt as dazed and light-headed as the librarian must have been by the time he stopped.
    “I told her I wanted to propose to you, and I needed a very special place in which to do it.” His grin was wide. “Wouldn’t have worked at all, but she’s new.”
    Arianna laughed as Jak towed her away from the elevator. “So you’re saying you’ve proposed to other girls before, down here in the stacks?”
    “Oh… only a few,” he said, still grinning. “Less than ten, for sure.”
    “You are awful!” She swatted him on the shoulder. He was still dragging her past shelf after shelf, searching for something. Then he seemed to find it and veered down one row. At the end was a heavy wood-carved table with two chairs, clearly set up for the scholars and their work in a previous era. He clasped her hand and brought her to the table, twirling her around and backing her up against it. He kissed her again, and she could feel his cock growing hard as he held her against him.
    Then he pulled back from the kiss and just held her in his arms. “However… I’ve never been here with someone I actually intended to spend the rest of my life with.”
    Her breath caught, and she stared up into his dark, shining eyes. “You do?”
    He brushed her hair back and lightly kissed her face, starting with her cheeks, then her nose, then finally, her eyelids. At last, he swept a feather kiss against her lips. “I know it’s fast,” he whispered. “I know it’s crazy. But I want to spend the rest of my days giving you everything you deserve, Arianna. If you’ll let me.”
    Her heart felt like it might burst with his words. “I already told you,” she whispered. “You’re everything I want.”
    Suddenly, all the gentleness was gone from his touch. Jak’s hands roamed her body, his fingers tugging at her clothes, his commanding touch igniting a fire between her legs. Her backpack and jacket were gone first, discarded to the floor, but her shirt went next. She grabbed at his, trying to get to his bare skin, but she wasn’t fast enough. He shucked them off quickly and set Mace’s gun down on the table. Then he came back to her, his mouth nipping at her neck as his hands worked her bra free. He groaned as her breasts met the bare skin of his chest. Then his hands attacked the buttons on her pants, working them down. He hoisted her up