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Part 13
"As I said, Rick, I like those sides of you."
"So you like the private sides of me not the public side?" he smiled at her.
"I guess you could say that."
"I have a question for you, Kate."
"Just one?" she asked with a little half smile, which he returned.
"I know that you've read my books for a while, I don't really know how big of a fan you are but did you ever hear about me, not just my books, before we met?"
"Of course. I even went to one of your book signings once."
"Really? How did I not know that?"
"Yeah," she said looking away blushing slightly, not intending on ever letting him know about that. "I heard about you but I didn't go out of my way to find out all sorts of things about you."
"What were some of the things you heard about me?" he asked standing close to her.
"I knew that you were married a few times. You dated a lot; you were kind of the bad boy. I knew you had a child."
"What all did you know about Alexis?"
"Just that you had a daughter," she turned to look at him.
"I've already told you that Alexis is the most important person to me and I thought it was important to keep her private. I never hid her existence but I refused to let her be shoved into the public eye."
"Was that easy?"
"Not always but it was important to me so I did what I needed to do. And I will be happy, more than happy, to do the same for you."
"What do you mean?" she asked as he reached out for her hand.
"You are very important to me, Kate and I know that you are a private person, I'm okay with that. And because of that, I will do whatever I can to keep 'us' between us and not in the press."
End Part 13
The last part is coming up, and I'll tell you, it's like twice as long as any of the other parts. Hope you enjoy!