Callie’s heart opened and a rush of tenderness flowed in. She melted with happiness. She forgave Tagg all of his bad moods, lack of trust and unfair accusations. She forgave him for making her feel like an outsider on the ranch. For pushing her away every chance he could. Seeing him on bended knee, professing his love for her, she could forgive him anything. All in all, she’d always thought him the perfect man. No, she amended that. He was the perfect man for her.
Tagg loved her. She repeated it over and over in her head. This wasn’t a dream. He loves me. He really loves me.
She bobbed her head up and down and joyous tears trickled down her cheeks. “Yes, Tagg. Yes. Yes. Yes.”
Tagg rose and she looped her arms around his neck, needing to touch him, to make sure all of this was real.
Tenderly, he wiped the moisture from her face. “I love you, Callie.”
“I believe you.”
“We’ll be happy together.”
“I know. We will be.” She was certain of it.
He took her in a deep, soul-melding kiss that assured them both years and years of happiness. When they finally broke apart, Tagg stared into her eyes. And then something remarkable happened.
His lips curled up and he gave her his one hundred percent megawatt, the-world-is-a-happy-place-and-I-love-life kind of smile.
She knew she’d never love Tagg more than at this very moment.
He turned her and arm and arm they looked out at the majestic splendor of the Red Ridge Mountains. Together they witnessed their future on this land.
Callie sighed with immense delight.
She’d married her fantasy man.
How many girls could honestly say that?
ISBN: 978-1-4592-0194-1
CARRYING THE RANCHER’S HEIR
Copyright © 2011 by Charlene Swink
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