As the wedding drew nearer, and Rosie was all set with the beautiful dress, and her make-up, Caroline felt that it was safe to slip out for a while to find DuPlessis and tell him how wonderful his kind actions had been.

She knocked gently on his door, her heart racing as she heard him approach from inside. The door opened, and Caroline was completely unprepared for the sight she was presented with. He stood there, hair still scruffy, clad in smart black trousers, a pale blue open shirt that brought out his insanely beautiful eyes, his striped dark and light blue tie was draped around his neck, undone, and he had donned his smart black jacket, which was strongly accenting his open shirt. She had never seen him look so dashing, so heart breakingly handsome.

Caroline was speechless. Her heart was thrashing wildly in her chest. She was struggling with the powerful urge to kiss him fiercely, and have him right there and then. She was blushing so much; she thought she might swoon. Anders let out a soft rumbling laugh, which caused Caroline to go weak at the knees, like her bones had turned to putty.

"Are you alright?" chuckled Dup, smirking coyly at her as she blushed a deeper shade of red. Caroline opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out, she tried again, but all she could muster up was a squeaky, "Fine."

She desperately tried to avert her gaze from his bare, muscular, golden brown chest, but this took an immense amount of effort from her. She stared down at her feet trying to think clearly, cleared her throat, and said shyly, "I…umm…I just wanted to say that…What you did…Giving your late wife's wedding dress to Rosie. That was, lovely of you. I've never seen anyone do such a kind and selfless thing, for someone else, before." She looked up at him adoringly.

Dup leaned against either side of the doorframe, which made his shirt open even wider, making Caroline forget to breathe…Again. He seemed unaware of the affect he was having on her, and she was scared that if he knew what she was thinking of doing, she would make him feel embarrassed.

"It was nothing, and besides Rosie deserves it, she works so hard and she is so lovely, she deserves a great wedding," he stated firmly, not knowing how those words would affect Caroline's heart.

"Does Max know about it?" she asked, breathless, desperately trying to refrain her eyes from travelling any lower down than his neck.

"Yeah, he knows. Actually he just thanked me earlier. He also asked me to be his best man. He said he wanted his little brother, William, to be his best man, but apparently he won't come to the wedding," he explained, still completely oblivious to Caroline's hungry gaze.

"Sounds like you've saved both of them," said Caroline, and let out a puff of nervous laughter, as she took a step towards him. She couldn't restrain herself for much longer. Hearing that he had, yet again, done something so selfless for the people he loved, only strengthened her urge to kiss him. Dup noticed that she was much closer now, his heart skipped a beat, and his breathing became deeper and more ragged.

He tried to ignore it without much success, his mind becoming a little muddled from her closeness. "Yeah….well, it was the least I could do for him," he said matter-of-factly, his eyes looking her up and down, realising how tempting she looked right now.

Caroline took another step forward, and said just above a whisper, "The least you could do? Anders you have done so much for them! I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful and incredible you are for doing this."

Dup felt light headed, the closer she got the harder it was for him to concentrate. Her words filled him with such warmth and love. He couldn't speak. He could barely breathe. Oh God, she was so close.

"Caroline…" he whispered in protest, as she slowly lifted her hands to run her finger-tips up his bare chest, staring intensely into his stunning eyes. He took a few steps back, something in his head was telling him to stop, but his heart was screaming that this was right, he was fighting a losing battle against his heart; they were in his room now. Caroline had kicked door shut.

"Caroline…Please," he tried poorly, knowing himself that he wanted this just as much as she did.

"Shhh…Please…Just for now…Be quiet," she whispered into his neck as she pressed her lips into the curve between his muscular shoulder and his neck. He was powerless to resist her.

She slipped her hands inside his shirt to rest on his strong back; he dipped his head to place a trail of kisses along her slender neck. His rugged cheek gently scratching against hers. She turned her head to look at him, he stared hungrily back at her. Caroline removed her hands from his back, and let them wander teasingly slowly up his chest, his neck, until they reached up to cup his sharply defined jaw in her soft hands.

Then they were kissing, a deep, passionate, almost desperate kiss. It suddenly became deeper and more urgent, both clinging onto each other tightly. Letting themselves give into each other and to their love for one another. Dup shrugged out of his suit jacket as Caroline helped pull it off his shoulders, without breaking their kiss. He placed his hands on her waist pulling her closer to him crushing their frames together. Her hands were now in his hair, tugging at it, her fingers running through the unruly locks as she kissed him as deeply and passionately as she could.

Dup then cupped his hands underneath her bottom, lifted her up, and as slowly and gently as he could, he laid her down onto the bed, stretching his solid frame over her smaller and more delicate one. Caroline's hands reached under his shirt and she began tracing patterns on his back with her finger-tips, rendering him breathless. He reached behind her back, wrapped his arms tightly around her slight waist, and held her closer to him, neither ever wanting to let go, a sigh of contentment emitting from Caroline's chest, a soft, deep, rumbling chuckle of happiness emitting from his.

They both needed each other so badly, they were desperate for each other, they had longed for each other, and their hearts begged for one another for so long. They loved each other so deeply; they knew at that moment that they would be in love for the rest of their lives.

Dup slowly pulled back from her, just enough to look at her beautiful visage; he forgot to breath. "I love you," he whispered, as he placed another kiss on her enticing lips, bathing in the warmth of her body, breathing in her sweet scent once more to make sure that she was really real and that this was actually happening.

"I love you more," she whispered back, her arms wrapped around his neck, wanting to feel him as close to her as possible. She couldn't get enough of him, they had been through so much together from the moment they first met, and they had both been waiting for so long to find out their feelings for each other, that neither of them were ever holding back ever again.

Dup looked in her ocean blue eyes that always made him fall head over heals for her, and said cheekily, "Not possible!" He winked at her, a dazzling spark of mischief and love mingling in his coral blue eyes; blazing within them.

Then she coyly and teasingly added, "Your quite agile for an old man aren't you? Never knew you had that in you!"

He gave her a incredulous look, which then softened into one of mock offense, and said mischievously, "Why you little!" He started to tickle her, and she immediately started squirming and giggling underneath him.

"Anders! No! Stop it! Haha!" She tried desperately to push him off her and escape, but he had mass and muscle on his side. He threw his arm around her waist, rolled her onto her back again, and pinned her down by her arms with all his strength.

She looked up at him sheepishly, "I guess I deserved that," she smiled, looking guilty.

"Absolutely," he stated firmly, with a crooked smile that dimpled his cheeks. That smile was a rare smile. He only ever gave Caroline that smile when she had done something that made his heart ache so deeply for her. It was her favourite 'Anders' smile. He rolled off her and onto his side, sidled up next to her, and held her closely in his strong arms.

"I could stay like this forever with you," said Caroline adoringly, her arms entwined around his neck again.

"Me too," said Dup gently as he nuzzled her cheek, and placed soft kisses along her jaw line.

"You are the best gift that any girl could ever want or ask for, Anders. I love you," she said with complete sincerity in her eyes.

Anders couldn't speak, but his eyes and his kiss told her all the words that his tongue wouldn't allow him to articulate at that moment. He could only muster up enough breath to say,

"I love you; I don't deserve such a precious and heavenly gift like you. Everyday I thank God that I found you, because I would have been empty and dead inside for the rest of my life if it weren't for you. Making me fall head over heals for you, making me feel more alive than I have ever felt in my entire life. From the bottom of my heart Caroline, thank you. And from the deepest depths of my soul, I love you…"

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