Liberty caught the implication and asked with delight, “So you're planning to register your marriage with Mr. Fletcher ahead of schedule? Weren’t you going to date and fall in love properly before getting married?”

That was what Caroline had originally said—to date Darren first, experience the sweetness of love, and only then consider marriage. After all, no matter how good a marriage was, it could never match the sweetness of courtship.

How many couples started out deeply in love, only to hav