He couldn’t stop the foolish grin. “Yeah? Do you happen to know where I can find one of those?”
She reached out and ran a finger down the side of his face. He had no choice but to close his eyes against the sensation.
“I know where there’s one. She dreams of the man she loves every night and keeps waiting for him to tell her he loves her again. He did once, you know, but she was sleeping.” She placed a fingertip under his chin and forced him to look her in the eyes. “Now that I’m no longer asleep, do you still love me, Phillip? I remember every single whispered word. I know what makes you happy and I know what makes you sad. But you’re in much need of a rescue, my own dear sleeping beauty. You need someone to stand by you while you finally realize your dreams. I’ll fight every single enemy you have to help you realize them. I would fight to the death to win your love again. Do you think you’ll ever love me again like you did while I was sleep? I’m right here, Phillip. If you let me love you forever, I will.”
Phillip dropped to his knees, buried his face in her lap, and closed his eyes against the feel of her fingers running through his hair. When he finally lifted his face, he took her face between both hands. “I have loved you asleep and I have loved your every waking moment. If you ever are ever in need of rescuing, I am your knight in shining armor and if all you need is my love, then I am that man from your dreams. I will love you with very beat of my heart for every moment of my life. I would gladly pledge my heart to yours.”
Phillip touched his lips to Rose’s for the first time. He then trailed kisses across the bridge of her nose and each cheek. “There’s nothing quite like finally waking up and realizing there’s so much worth living for and discovering that I have an abundance of love to give. I’m never going to forget there’s too much to see and feel ever to sleep through my life again.” He touched the loose curls on the side of her face to feel if her hair was as soft as he remembered it to be. “I’ll love you until time stands still and even beyond that time if I have any say in the matter. If you’ll marry me, we’ll fight all of our battles together. I don’t know of anyone who’ll be able to hurt us as long as we stand together. What do you say to forever with me, my sleeping beauty?”
Rose placed both hands onto the sides of Phillip’s face and smiled. “I would say that forever is nowhere long enough to love you. We’re already dressed for a wedding. The church is full of friends and family. What’s stopping us from starting our forever today?”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bio
Regina Puckett was born, raised and still resides to this day in Tennessee with her childhood sweetheart and husband. She has two grown daughters and four grandchildren. She is the author of sweet romance novels, short tales of horror, inspirational short stories and children’s picture books.
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http://reginapuckettsbooks.weebly.com/blog.html
Other titles by Regina Puckett
Love is a Promise Kept
Sleeping through the Beauty
The Beauty in the Beast
The Magic of Snow
Hearts on Fire
If Love was Enough
Balloon Wishes
Mine
Crying through Plastic Eyes
Pieces
Will Work for Food
Paying the Hitchhiker
Inheritance
Regina Puckett’s Short Tales of Horror
Borrowed Wings
Caterpillar wants to be a Cow
Tilting at Windmills & Words
An Opened Heart
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