A/N: The plot thickens and the angst builds ... here we go ...

Thanks to Leiasky and Kaynara ... you know why!

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“Sweetie, what’d ya think?”

Simon glanced over to his fiancée, unable to keep the smile off his face at her sated expression. Leaning towards her, he nipped a bit of wayward frosting off her lip with a quick kiss and teased, “You mean, I actually get a say?”

Swatting at him playfully, Kaylee giggled, and the sound warmed Simon’s heart. Sitting back from her, he watched as she curled her legs underneath her on the sofa, pulling a small notepad off the coffee table. “Well o’ course, silly. Now, we tried the chocolate-chocolate, which I know would be ‘Nara’s favorite,” she confided, consulting her list. “An’ the chocolate-coconut. Then there was the vanilla-raspberry, the vanilla-lemon an’ the vanilla-strawberry.”

Looking back to the tray on the table before them, Simon saw the remnants of their cake samples, a few drops of icing and crumbs. Stroking his chin thoughtfully, he sat back and pondered. “Well, the chocolate-coconut was awfully good.” Catching Kaylee’s pout out of the corner of his eye, Simon pulled her towards him and whispered, “But the vanilla-strawberry was the best.”

Squealing with excitement, Kaylee kissed him soundly, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling herself flush to him. Simon returned her ardor with equal fervor of his own, delighting in the sweet taste the icing had left in her mouth. Pulling apart as they needed to breathe, Simon rested his forehead to Kaylee’s and told her, “I am so in love with you.”

“You are, huh?” Kaylee teased lightly, starting a gentle line of kisses from his jaw to his ear. As she swirled her tongue around the lobe, Simon felt his insides quiver with delight and he sighed. “It’s a good thing I’m in love with you too.”

With his arms still around her, Simon held her even closer and pulled