Outlaw (41 page)

"Does this mean you're not mad?"

He kissed her neck, loving the warm, soft
feel of her body pressed against him. So familiar. So needed. So
beloved.

"I'm not mad."

"Are you sure?"

"Quit talking." Mason squeezed her close and
kissed her again, trying to impart everything he felt for her with
that one moment's union. Amy threaded her fingers through the
uneven strands of his hair, murmuring, between kisses, something
about haircuts.

"You're not listening," he said, cradling
her face in his hands. Mason brought his face close to hers,
smiling. "I said, quit talking."

She gave him a saucy grin that astonished
him. "Or you'll go on kissing me?" she asked. Amy frowned,
pretending to consider those consequences. "I don't know,
Mason—"

"Or you'll miss it when I tell you I love
you," he said. He stroked back her soft curly hair, delighting in
the answering love in her eyes, and said it again. "I love you,
Curly Top."

Her eyes shimmered with tears—this time,
tears of happiness, Mason hoped.

"That's all I needed to know," Amy
whispered. "I love you, too, Mason."

Behind them, a little boy's whoop rang into
the air, startling them both.

"Yippee!" Ben yelled. "No more scrambled
eggs!"

Mason laughed, and an instant later, Curly
Top joined in. Between the laughter all around him, the woman at
his side and the boy dancing a jig in the kitchen, Mason found all
he'd ever dreamed of.

A life like this was guaranteed to
please.

And he meant, every moment, to make sure it
did.

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