“Hello, Blue Eyes.”
“Hello.”
“You told me that if I realized I loved you, then I should meet you here tonight,” he said.
“Yes, I did, didn’t I?”
“Well, I’m here. And I love you, Faith.”
She swallowed tears of happiness. This was the moment she had been waiting for, dreaming of, for what seemed like a lifetime. “You know I love you. I have since that first night we were together.”
Worth delved his hand into his coat pocket and brought out a tiny jeweler’s box, flipped open the lid and held it out to Faith.
The marquise-cut diamond solitaire shimmered in the muted glow from the streetlights in the square. For a split second, her heart stopped.
“Will you marry me?” he asked. “Marry me as soon as possible.”
“Oh, Worth. Yes, yes, I’ll marry you.”
When Worth opened his arms, she walked into his embrace. He slipped the glove off her left hand, then removed the ring from the box and slid it onto her third finger. With Hope snuggled between them, Worth leaned down and kissed Faith. Hope squirmed and whimpered.
“I think she’s trying to tell us that we’re smothering her.” Faith laughed.
Worth chuckled as he took his daughter, held her up so that her cheek lay on his shoulder; then he draped his arm around Faith’s waist and led her through the square. Just as they neared the street, snowflakes began falling. Tiny flakes at first, but they soon grew larger and more dense. By the time they walked across the street, the snow had already begun to stick to the grass.
“This is the happiest moment of my life,” Faith said.
Worth halted, kissed Hope’s cheek, then kissed Faith again. “Mine, too. And I promise you that I’m going to do everything I can to make sure the rest of your life is filled with happiness.”
“How could it be anything but happy, with the three of us together. And who knows, maybe by this time next year, we could give Hope a baby brother.”
“Are we planning on having a large family?” Worth asked.
“How does three children sound to you?”
“It sounds just fine to me. I’ve found out with Hope that I like being a daddy.”
Faith snuggled against Worth, then whispered, “Margaret has a little party planned for us at her shop, but act surprised when we walk in and everyone is there.”
“Sounds like your family was pretty sure of me.”
“Oh, Worth, my darling, everyone, including me, knew that you loved me. You were the only one who seemed to be clueless.”
“I always was a slow learner,” he said. “But once I learn a lesson, I never forget it.”
Worth, Faith and Hope entered Margaret’s Goodies and found their family waiting to celebrate with them. They drank hot chocolate, sang Christmas carols and stood by the windows watching a white blanket of new-fallen snow cover the town of Whitewood.
This Christmas was only the beginning, the first magical moments of happiness destined to last a lifetime.
Table of Contents
Faith, Hope and Love
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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