Authors: Taryn A. Taylor
Mr. Wrong (31 page)
She threw her hands up. “Do you want me, Beau? Are you willing to take a chance on me, too? I deserve the truth.”
He circled and let out a breath. “The truth? You want the truth.”
Hammers drummed into her lower gut. “Yes.”
He reached for her so quickly, it almost knocked her down. He steadied her against him and then took her face gently into his hands. The kiss was soft and hard and wanting. “I think I wanted you since the day I met you in the airport. I knew you were different. I knew you were something I could never have.”
Something unspeakably warm and happy and gooey filled her. She fell into him.
He pulled her into his arms.
“Why didn’t you go, Beau?”
She had to know his motivation for staying.
He pulled her back.
“Why didn’t you marry Jonathon?”
“You
,” she said simply. “Well . . . and I went to the mountain.”
The half-smile she loved quirked his lips
, and he kissed her lightly again. “The mountain is a good thing.”
“Yes, it is.”
She squeezed his arm. “Why didn’t you get on that plane?”
He p
ushed a strand of hair out of her face and peered into her eyes. “You.”
Her heart flu
ttered with happiness.
“
But I have to be able to take you to the temple.”
“You will one day. We’ll wait.”
He pulled back and dropped to his knee. “No. I will today.”
Shocked
, she pulled back. “What?”
The side of his lip turned up.
“I had a meeting with Bishop Archibald yesterday. He told me I was worthy to go back to the House of the Lord.” He swallowed heavily and a tear ran down his cheek. He patted his pocket. “My recommend is right here.” His smile was radiant. “But I have a question for you before I take you to Genova’s wedding today.” He whipped a ring box out of his coat pocket.
Sara
covered her mouth. It couldn’t be. “But how?”
Beau put up his hand to silence her.
She stared down at him. Unlike the heartbreak she’d experienced when Jonathon had asked her to marry him, excitement filled her. Their life—his home, college, Africa, children—all spread before her in one happy bubble of time.
His eyes shined
up at her. He opened the box and held it out to her. “Sara, will you marry me?”
Sara didn’t even care at the flow of salty tears running down her cheeks. She opened the box. There was a
tiny, silver butterfly with a diamond in the center of it. Her breath went out in a soft sigh. “It’s beautiful, Beau.”
He laughed.
“I’m glad you like it.”
“But when did you—
”
“The Saturday after Thanksgiving
, before you saw me out with Marsal.” He shrugged. “I had hoped . . .” Beau took the ring out of the box and held it in front of her hand. “I know you are strong. And you are independent. But I will always treat you like a butterfly—fragile yet free. I will always try to be the man you want . . . as well as the man you need.” He smiled then, a huge smile that lit up his eyes. “Will you marry me, Sara Fairbanks?”
Sara
sniffed and put her hand out. “Yes.”
Beau took her hand and gently slid the ring onto her finger.
“I love you.”
Sara reached up to kiss him and then hung on to his shoulders and vowed she would never let him leave her, again. “I
love you, too.”
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Taryn A. Taylor grew up moving from small town to small town every few years. This helped her gain an appreciation for good books, loyal friends, and the fact that a home is a lot more than a house - it’s the people that love you. After receiving a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Communications, she finally began putting all of her stories down on paper, finding it most helpful to eat chocolate during this process. In between raising four amazing boys she loves to go on dates with her husband and watch movies late into the night. Find Taryn at:
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ArchStone Ink.
First eBook Edition: 2013
ISBN: 978-0-9896471-4-4
Cover design by Steven Novak
This book was professionally edited by Marcie Turner.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the creation of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
