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I went home the next day. I didn't know what I was going to do to get Anna back. Sure, I could grovel and make promises and buy her hundreds of roses and buy the biggest diamond I could find. But would that be enough?
Anna wasn't the type of woman to be swayed by things like that. I'd have to prove it to her.
After I'd parked my truck and headed inside, I was startled when I heard a knock on my front door. My heart pounded. Was it Anna? But how would she know that I'd returned?
I opened the door, excitement making my blood thrum. But it wasn't a woman's face I saw: it was a man's.
Alejo was standing outside my door, looking sheepish. "Hey, man. You got a minute?"
"What are you doing here?"
"Pedro, he told me that you would be back today. So I came out and waited for you."
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