The Irresistible Billionaire: Billionaire's Clean Romance (The Tycoons Book 3)
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When the kiss ended, Brad groaned, and placed his face in the crook of her neck. “You are wonderful, my sweet Tyger.”
“No, you are.” She kissed the side of his head.
He pulled away and took her hand in his. “Dinner isn’t quite ready, so until it is, will you go for a walk with me?”
“Of course. Lead the way.”
He led them out the back door. They passed his mother’s flower garden, and Brad picked her a red rose. She took the flower and brought it to her nose, inhaling deeply.
“Thank you,” she said.
“I love watching your eyes when I give you flowers. They practically dance with happiness.”
She chuckled. “That’s because they mean so much when you give them to me.”
He took her hand again and walked them toward the maze. She grinned. She didn’t need to make a wish at the well. Her wish had already come true. What more could she want now?
He stopped at the entryway. “Do you trust me to get you through this without getting lost?”
“I don’t believe we were lost last time, were we?”
He laughed. “No, we weren’t, but I don’t know who turned the lights out. That wasn’t planned. Although, I’m glad it happened.”
“Me, too.”
Brad took Breanna inside the maze. Tonight wasn’t dark, yet, and so it was easier to see everything. The hedges were neatly trimmed, and a few spots along the way flowers grew with the bushes, giving the air a fragrant scent. Another thing that was different was that she wasn’t panicked. She didn’t feel closed in at all. Then again, she knew what to expect this time.
When they reached the center, he stopped them beside the wishing well. “Look familiar?”
“Of course.” She sighed. “Too bad it’s not dark.”
He wagged his eyebrows. “Close your eyes, my lady, and your wish will be granted.”
Her heart skipped. Apparently, he wanted to go back to playacting again, just as they’d done that night in front of the pictures.
Following his suggestion, she closed her eyes. Immediately, his arms slipped around her waist as his chest pressed against hers. She held tightly to his shoulders. Within seconds, his mouth captured hers. Sighing with happiness, she relaxed and allowed the passion growing inside her to take control. Her mind became dizzy with excitement, but that wasn’t anything new since she felt this way every time they kissed.
When he deepened the kiss, she slid her arms around his neck, pulling him closer. She’d always enjoyed the way he kissed her so tenderly, with so much emotion, and now she could actually feel the love he had for her. She hoped he could feel what she was experiencing as well.
The kiss was like a burning furnace, heating up her mouth and spreading like wildfire throughout her whole body. She released a throaty sigh, meeting his passionate kisses.
She didn’t know how long it lasted. All she knew is that they floated to paradise and back. But soon he slowed the kiss and pulled back. His dreamy eyes told her how satisfied he was.
“Oh, my sweet lady. You surely take my breath away.”
She knew how he felt since she was having a hard time breathing right now. She threaded her fingers through his short hair. “And you, my lord, know how to make my heart and soul melt with passion.”
He traced his fingers along her mouth. “Your lips, my sweet lady, were made for kissing.” He moved his fingers up to her eye lids. “And your mesmerizing eyes were made to beckon me further with my seduction.”
She grinned, but didn’t say anything.
He took her left hand and brought it to his mouth where he kissed each finger. “Your delicate hands are so soft, like rose petals. They were made especially to calm me by just your touch. We haven’t really known each other for very long, but I feel as though we were made for each other. I have every inch of you memorized, and I wouldn’t change one thing about you.”
He placed kisses on her fingers again, but lingered on her ring finger. “And this finger, especially,” he caressed it lovingly, “was made to wear the proof of my love and devotion – for now and always.”
Her heartbeat thundered in her chest, and she caught her breath. Was he saying what she thought?
Brad reached into his pocket and withdrew a small, black velvet, square box. He opened it to reveal a large star diamond with sprinkles of little diamonds surrounding it. Tears gathered in her eyes as a lump formed in her throat.
He knelt on one knee, still holding her left hand. “Countess Tyger Breanna Loveland, my lady. My heart has just one desire and that is to be your soul mate throughout all time. Would you make me the happiest man in the world and agree to become my wife?”
Breanna was speechless. Literally. She hadn’t expected this. But what he’d said made sense. They might not have known each other for very long, but her heart has been telling her since their first meeting that this was the man who would make her happy all the time. This was a man who would love her unconditionally. This was a man she always wanted to be with.
The sun was setting on the horizon, bringing shadows everywhere. The lights decorating the maze appeared like diamonds were sprinkled on everything.
She moistened her dry lips. “My lord, Brad Montgomery. It is indeed my pleasure, and my honor, to accept your proposal. You, my lord, have made me the luckiest woman on earth, and now you make me the happiest. My love has grown higher than the tallest tree and is deeper than any ocean. My love will surround you like fresh air that surrounds sunshine and like fragrance surrounds flowers. There is no other man I want to grow old with, because you, Brad Montgomery, are a wonderful man, and yes, the sexiest one alive.”
Brad’s eyes misted as he took the ring from the box and slipped it on her finger. “Tyger, with this token of my affection, I promise to love and honor, and make you happy for the rest of our lives.”
She chuckled. “And I, my lord sexiness, plan to hold you to all of your promises.”
He stood and took her back in his arms. “How did I get so lucky to find you?”
She shrugged. “It was bound to happen, you know.”
“It was?”
“Yes. We were made for each other. I believe that now more than ever.”
“I believe it, too.”
He kissed her again, and within seconds, her mind floated to paradise again. Nothing else mattered in the world because they were in love and together. Forever.
THE END
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Marie Higgins is a best-selling, multi-published author of Christian and sweet romance novels; from refined bad-boy heroes who make your heart melt to the feisty heroines who somehow manage to love them regardless of their faults. She’s been with a Christian publisher since 2010. Between those and her others, she’s published over 50 heartwarming, on-the-edge-of-your-seat stories and broadened her readership by writing mystery/suspense, humor, time-travel, paranormal, along with her love for historical romances. Her readers have dubbed her "Queen of Tease", because of all her twists and turns and unexpected endings.
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