by Shelly Logan
“That’s good to hear, especially since I’ve liked them for a long time now.”
She grinned. “You sure you don’t really mind that I have kids?”
“You’re asking this now?” he teased.
She laughed.
“To tell you the truth, though, I really don’t mind. They’re a part of you, Kate. They’re part of what makes you amazing. Besides, I’ve always wanted to have kids of my own.”
At the memory of the daughter he had lost, she felt a tinge of sadness and she took his hand, entwining her fingers with his. “I know Jack and Lena aren’t your flesh and blood but I want you to know you can treat them like your own children.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Well, that’s good, because that’s exactly what I was planning to do, especially since I wasn’t planning on letting their mother go. Ever.”
“You were?”
He let go of her hand and then seconds later, placed something in it.
A small satin box.
Kate gasped, sitting up. “This isn’t what I think it is, is it?”
“Open it,” he encouraged.
She did so, feeling an indescribable joy surge through her as she saw the ring that was inside.
“Will you marry me, Kate Evans?” he asked her, looking into her eyes, his brown eyes gleaming in the firelight.
She nodded slowly. True, the proposal was sudden but she had known for some time now that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, feeling as if that was the way things were meant to be. “Yes, I will, Bryan Knowles.”
Smiling, he took the ring and slipped it on her finger, then kissed her hand and on her lips before speaking. “Then I need nothing more.”
She threw herself into his arms, at a loss of words, her heart pounding against her chest as she felt happier, more complete than she had ever been in her life now that she not only had her two children but a man who she knew she could count on, who would keep loving her in spite of anything.
The nightmare was truly over and now, a wonderful dream was about to begin.
Nothing could be more right with the world.