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Authors: Meg Cabot
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Queen of Babble in the Big City (29 page)
—get out of my life, and never contact me again.
Only that’s not what he says. That isn’t what he says at all.
Instead, for some reason, he’s sunk down onto one knee, in front of the closed bridal shop, and the lady across the street walking her dog, and the guy in the minivan looking for a parking space, and the entire population of East Seventy-eighth Street.
And though I can’t believe what I’m seeing, and I’m positive my tired, hungover eyes are playing tricks on me, he’s pulled from his pocket a black velvet box, which he opens to reveal a diamond solitaire that glistens in the morning light.
No. No, that’s really what he’s doing. And there are words coming out of his mouth. And those words are:
“Lizzie Nichols, will you marry me?”
Many thanks to Beth Ader, Jennifer Brown, Barbara Cabot, Carrie Feron, Michele Jaffe, Laura Langlie, Sophia Travis, and especially Benjamin Egnatz.
M
EG
C
ABOT
was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to her adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fiction series
The Princess Diaries
. She lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband.
www.megcabot.com
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Boy Meets Girl
Every Boy’s Got One
All-American Girl
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Nicola and the Viscount
Victoria and the Rogue
Teen Idol
Avalon High
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The Mediator 1: Shadowland
The Mediator 2: Ninth Key
The Mediator 3: Reunion
The Mediator 4: Darkest Hour
The Mediator 5: Haunted
The Mediator 6: Twilight
THE PRINCESS DIARIES
The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries, Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight
The Princess Diaries, Volume III: Princess in Love
The Princess Diaries, Volume IV: Princess in Waiting
The Princess Diaries, Volume IV and a Half: Project Princess
The Princess Diaries, Volume V: Princess in Pink
The Princess Diaries, Volume VI: Princess in Training
The Princess Diaries, Volume VII: Party Princess
The Princess Diaries, Volume VII ½: Valentine Princess
The Princess Diaries, Volume VIII: Princess on the Brink
The Princess Present: A Princess Diaries Book
Princess Lessons: A Princess Diaries Book
Perfect Princess: A Princess Diaries Book
Holiday Princess: A Princess Diaries Book
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
QUEEN OF BABBLE IN THE BIG CITY
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