He nodded, sucking in a breath, waiting.
Her smile was soft, her pulse beating wildly. “You’re after my heart, I take it?”
“I am.”
Shaking her head, heart exulting with joy, she placed her hand on his face. “Isn’t it obvious? It’s already yours. I’m in love with you. Have been from the night I realized I wanted to stop running away from people who care about me. I love this town, your family, too. I see now I’ve been searching for a place to call home, even though I thought I had one picked out in Willowcombe. Fate brought me here to show me I was way off course.”
Chuckling, he claimed her lips, and hugged her close. With all her worth, she clung to him, disbelieving this was real.
He broke away, wiping at her cheeks, regarding her with wonder then he sighed with what sound like relief. “You belong in Swan’s Crossing. With me. With all of us. It’s been clear from the first night this is where you should be. I’m not talking another weekend, or a few days more. I know it’s not your style to stay in one place for long and I don’t ever want to hold you back. All I ask is that if you have the urge to escape for a little while—anywhere—you’ll take me with you.”
She smiled up at him, happy, and in love. “If I do, I promise we’ll always come home.”
He smiled, then bowed his head to give her a kiss her wandering soul could rest in.
Christmas was over, but the magic of it could go on every single day when a girl found the home she’d been wishing for.
About the Author
Angelita has an obsession with romance stories and feeds it on the daily. She writes contemporary, paranormal, and fantasy romance, and loves to read historical. If she could travel back in time, she’d attend a ball in Regency England in a fabulously wicked red gown, dancing with the most handsome rogue in the room. This shameless romantic adores a good scandal, chocolate martinis, vintage couture, true crime documentaries, and ballet. To her, reading romance is and should be a sensational escape, with visceral emotion, a dash of drama, and the coveted Happily Ever After. She loves to hear from readers and vows to keep on writing…even if there’s a zombie apocalypse.
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Wrapped Up in a Beau
Copyright © 2015 by Angelita Gill
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