Daisy let out a ragged sigh that quickly turned into a smile. ‘I mean it, Boyd. I cannot imagine my life without you.’
He jumped down from the gate and placed his hands around her waist to lift her to the ground. ‘I want to kiss you like your lover not your brother.’
She raised her face to the sun and closed her eyes. His lips discovered hers with a gentle exploration at first that quickly developed into a searching hunger and then a passionate desire that she returned wholeheartedly. Boyd was all she wanted in a husband. She had known that since she was eight years old.
When they paused for breath he whispered, ‘Shall we marry soon?’
‘Oh I think so, don’t you?’ she murmured. ‘There is so much more I want to find out about you. Kiss me again, Boyd.’
They parted eventually and went back to their horses. He helped her into the saddle, mounted his own horse and they set off side by side to return to High Fell and their future together.
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