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    He took a step toward her and held her hand to his heart.  "I think about things like what if you ever gave me another chance and what it would be like if you ever loved me again. I think about that so much," he said quietly, looking into her eyes.
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    Brittany felt her heart ache for what they had lost, and she felt sorry for the sadder and wiser man standing before her. She had loved him once upon a time. She thought that maybe they might be able to build a life together and that they might get married, but he had never asked her and when she had caught him chasing another woman, their relationship had gone down in flames and smoke.
     
    When it ended, she walked away from him, and he let her go without any kind of fight or fuss, and there had been as amicable a parting as there could have been. She had been too hurt to want a fight and he had been too embarrassed about being caught to fight.
     
    They hadn't seen one another since the breakup, and it was so strange to her to have found him on her doorstop and even more strange to have him in her kitchen, holding her hand to his heart and hear him spilling out his thoughts and feelings to her. She couldn't imagine how much courage it took for him to come and bare himself so honestly to her, especially after so much time had passed since they had ended their relationship.
     
    Darren smiled at her with an old lover's smile, a knowing smile of one who has been a friend and known every depth of intimacy with another. He raised his hand to her cheek and touched her gently. "You are so beautiful. I can't tell you how much I've missed you and how much it means to be here with you right now. I never thought this would happen again." His voice was low and he leaned toward her as he spoke.
     
    She felt the air between them warm slightly as he neared her. Something in the back of her mind pulled at her attention, but not fast enough.
     
    "Don't give your life to a man who doesn't know you and love you like I do," he pleaded softly.
     
    Brittany shook her head. "He does care about me. He's so good to me." 
     
    Darren shook his head subtly. "He doesn't love you like I do, it's not possible. No one could love you like I do." He brought his mouth to hers swiftly, as if he knew he had one chance, and he kissed her softly, sliding one hand behind her neck to hold her to him as he moved his lips over hers.
     
    She was still for a moment, caught unaware by his sudden move and by the feel of his kiss; it was a familiar feel to her, and something she hadn't felt in a long while. For a moment, she was caught in the memory of what they had, and she let him kiss her, but then she thought of Logan and pulled away from Darren, lifting her hand to her mouth to touch her lips and cover them, her eyes wide as she looked back at him.
     
    "You can't do that!" she told him in a whisper. "I am with someone else, and you just can't seem to learn to respect that when people commit themselves to a person, that means that they do not allow any intimacy with other people.
     
    “How is it that you still haven't learned that? I might have been yours once, but I'm not now. I am with him. I'm engaged to him. I am going to marry him and that leaves no room for anyone else, especially you." She frowned at him and looked at him in disappointment.
     
    He shook his head defensively. "It's not like that. I didn't mean it like that. I'm trying to convince you to think about what you're doing and to consider giving me another chance. I want you to realize that one month with him isn't nearly enough time to really get to know him.
     
    “You can't tell me that you know him nearly as well as you know me, or that you know him well enough to marry him! How can you promise your life to a man you've only known for a few weeks?" His eyes were filled with disbelief.
     
    "I know enough about him to know that I want to spend the rest of my life with him, continuing to get to know him as we both change and