Moonlight, motorcycles and bad boys
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“We could have more children,” he whispered.
She raised her head quickly, rapping him on the chin.
“Ouch!”
“What?” The single word floated out.
“Ace, I lost you once. I can’t stand to lose you a second time.” He cleared his throat. “I know this isn’t the way it should be done. And I know this last week’s been—well… Which is why this probably isn’t the right time, either.”
“Reiner, what are you trying to say?”
“Since I first touched you, shoot, since I first saw you, you’ve been a part of me.” He ran his hand down her arm. “Felicity’s mom called this morning. She’s comin’ home. I’ll be free to go, but I don’t want to. Paradox is where I belong. Right here with you.”
She stared at him, a deep furrow between her brows.
“Oh, hell, Katie Sara, I want—” He scooted off the swing and knelt in front of her in the grass. “Katie Sara, will you marry me? Will you be my wife?”
“What?”
He stared at her. “I said will you—”
“I know.”
“You’re tryin’ my patience here.” He dug a faded blue velvet box out of his jeans pocket. “I know this isn’t much. I mean, I bought it twelve years ago with the money I made deliverin’ flowers for Mabbs’ Greenhouse. I’ll get you another, but for now—”
She shook her head.
Dejected, he said, “I should’ve figured. Why would someone like you want me?”
“We really have to work on that esteem problem, Broderick.” She laughed and laid her hands on the sides of his face. Then she brought her lips within a breath of his. “I meant, no, you won’t get me another ring.”
She plucked the small solitaire from the box, handed it to him so he could slide it on her finger. “I want this one. The one my high school sweetheart bought me.” Tears filled her eyes for the umpteenth time that day. Happy ones this time. “This means more than any flashy diamond you could buy me now.”
He shook his head. Felicity had been right again. “Katie Sara, I love you.” Reiner brought his lips down on hers. Looked like they were going to get to play in that Super Bowl after all!
A word from the author…
I’ve lived in Pennsylvania, New York, and Wyoming and am presently dividing my time between SW Florida and the Georgia mountains. A recovering middle school language arts teacher, I love nothing better than to lose myself in my characters’ world. I love to read, and I love the chance to give my readers a story to remember. My books have finaled in Romance Writers of America’s national Golden Heart Contest, PASIC’s Book of Your Heart Contest, and Georgia Romance Writers’s Maggie Contest.
A big shout-out to my amazing husband and my superb critique partners.
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