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Mistress - Amanda Quick

"Then she saw the clockwork man coming toward her across the carpet. She watched in amazement as its legs jerked back and forth, propelling it toward the bed. One arm was outstretched. The wooden hand held a sliver salver.
On top of the salver was a small folded sheet of paper.
Iphiginia watched, fascinated, as the automaton reached the bed and found its path blocked. Its innards continued to grind and its legs went on churning uselessly, pushing its face into the sides of the mattress.
Iphiginia reached down to pick up the note on the salver. She opened it carefully and read the message inside.

I LOVE YOU

"Oh, Marcus." Iphiginia threw back the covers and scrambled out of bed.
She ignored the clockwork man and ran, barefoot, across the room to where Marcus waited in the doorway. She halted directly in front of him.
He smiled.
"Do you mean it?" she asked.
"With all my heart."
Happiness inundated her in a sparkling waterfall of light. "I knew we were made for each other."
He laughed, swept her up into his arms, and carried her back to the bed. "You were right."
"As usual," Iphiginia said."

So SWEET RITE?!?!?! Cannot stand it. Love the book man. HOHO!