Hidden Riches (39 page)

“I'm crazy about you.”

“That's better.”

“You're the only woman I've ever wanted to spend my
life with.” He brushed a light kiss at the curve of her shoulder and throat and made her sigh. “The only woman I've ever loved, or want to love.”

“That's excellent.”

“I don't think I can live without you, Dora.”

Tears burned her throat, thickening her voice. “Direct hit.”

“So does that mean you're going to fall in love with me again?”

“What makes you think I ever stopped?”

The hand he had in her hair fisted and made her wince. “And the marriage thing? You'll give it a shot?”

She grinned into the sunlight. It might not have been the world's most romantic proposal, but it suited her. It suited her just fine.

“We'll need lace at the curtains, Jed. And I have a Chippendale bench that's waiting to sit in front of that fire.”

He turned her around, brushing her hair back so that his hands could frame her face. He only had to see her eyes for the nerves to vanish. “Kids?”

“Three.”

“Good number.” Overwhelmed, he rested his brow against hers. “There's a bed upstairs, in the master suite. I think it's a George the Third.”

“Four-poster?”

“Tester. Stay here with me tonight.”

She laughed her way into the kiss. “I thought you'd never ask.”