No, she really wasn’t. Seamus O’Malley was a law unto himself, as unstoppable as the ebb and flow of the Atlantic Ocean onto the beach outside her cottage.
She flung her arms around Atticus’s wide shoulders. “I love you, Atticus, and yes I will marry you. Will you marry me?”
His brows rose. “Didn’t I just ask you that?”
She gave a teasing smile. “And now I’m telling and asking you the same thing.” She sobered. “I love you so very much, Atticus. I always have. I always will. I would be honored to become your wife.”
“Thank God,” Atticus breathed shakily as he hugged her to him tightly. “I’m not sure what I would have done if you had said no,” he explained at her questioning glance.
Jenna chuckled. “Probably thrown me over your shoulder caveman-style before carrying me into the cottage and making love to me until I said yes.”
“What a great idea.” Atticus bent slightly so that he could put his shoulder against Jenna’s abdomen. He tilted her forwards over his shoulder before straightening and walking toward the cottage.
“But I already said yes!”
“Let’s pretend you didn’t and go with the ‘making love to you until you say yes’ idea.” He threw open the door to the cottage and stepped inside.
“The bedroom is the door to the left at the top of the stairs,” Jenna supplied.
Atticus kicked the door shut behind them. “We have a week before we’re expected back for the last few days before Logan and August’s wedding.” He took the stairs two at a time. “Then we can start organizing our own wedding.”
A whole uninterrupted week of loving and being loved by Atticus, before they returned to England and started organizing their own wedding?
It sounded like heaven to Jenna.
Their heaven.
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Other books by Carole Mortimer
Regency Lovers Series:
INDECENT (Regency Lovers 1)
OBSESSION (Regency Lovers 2)
CRAVING (Regency Lovers 3)
FORBIDDEN (Regency Lovers 4)
SURRENDER (Regency Lovers 5)
More books to come in this series
Steele Protectors Series:
LOGAN (Steele Protectors 1)
ATTICUS (Steele Protectors 2)
BRYCE (Steele Protectors 3)
ROURKE (Steele Protectors 4)
More books to come in this series
Regency Sinners Series:
Wicked Torment (Regency Sinners 1)
Wicked Surrender (Regency Sinners 2)
Wicked Scandal (Regency Sinners 3)
Wicked Deception (Regency Sinners 4)
Wicked Captive (Regency Sinners 5)
Wicked Temptation (Regency Sinners 6)
Wicked Sinner (Regency Sinners 7)
Wicked Christmas (Regency Sinners 8)
Dragon Hearts – Contemporary paranormal
Nathaniel (Dragon Hearts 1)
Deryk (Dragon Hearts 2)
Bryn (Dragon Hearts 3)
Dylan (Dragon Hearts 4)
Grigor (Dragon Hearts 5)
Garrett (Dragon Hearts 6)
Aeran & Rhys (Dragon Hearts 7)
Regency Unlaced Series:
The Duke’s Mistress (Book 1)
Claimed by the Marquis (Book 2)
Taken by the Earl (Book 3)
Pursued by the Viscount (Book 4)
Desired by a Lord (Book 5)
Captured by a Gentleman (Book 6)
Pleasured by a Duke (Book 7)
Seduced by a Marquis (Book 8)
Tamed by the Earl (Book 9)
Series is now complete
Knight Security Series: Spin-off to ALPHA series
Resisting Alexandre (Knight Security 0.5)
Defying Asher (Knight Security 1)
Challenging Gabriel (Knight Security 2)
Capturing Caleb (Knight Security 3)
Tempting Zander (Knight Security 4)
Enticing Ian (Knight Security 5)
Seducing Ethan (Knight Security 6)
Series now complete
ALPHA Series:
Christmas Alpha (Alpha 1)
Dark Alpha (Alpha 2)
Shadow Alpha (Alpha 3) Author’s 200th Book
Midnight Alpha (Alpha 4)
Renegade Alpha (Alpha 5)
Warrior Alpha (Alpha 6)
Rogue Alpha (Alpha 7)
Savage Alpha (Alpha 8)
Series is now complete
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