Aftershock: A Charity McAdams Novella (13 page)

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“I made a terrible mistake once and almost let the best thing that ever happened to me slip through my fingers. I’m not making that mistake again. I would happily trade all of this in as long as I have you. That’s our new house. I just closed on it yesterday. I don’t need the fame or the money. I just need you.”

He pauses and opens the small box to reveal the ring inside.

“Is that--?” My breath catches as I realize that he had taken my original engagement ring and somehow fused the simple band with the new band holding a beautiful solitaire diamond.

He nods. “Charity Lynn McAdams, will you marry me?”

“On one condition.”

“Anything,” he says instantly.

“You have to promise to show up this time,” I say, beaming.

“Nothing could keep me away.”

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Check back May 2013 for the finale, After All.

 

For updates, come visit me at:

www.ElizabethStorme.com

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five“Cherry,

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

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