Renegade Alpha (ALPHA 5) (28 page)

Lijah had asked her to marry him. Correction, to
considering
marrying him “one day.”

“You don’t intend taking any more of my bullshit? We’re physically so compatible, I’m hard now just thinking about touching you again? Wanting you day and night is driving me insane? I’ve missed you every minute of every day since I last saw you? I don’t want to live without you for another minute, let alone another day?” Each successive statement was becoming huskier and more intense.

“And?” All Callie wanted to do was throw herself into his arms and tell him she felt all those things for him too. She wanted to do that, but she needed something more from him first.

The frown cleared from his brow. “And I love you with every breath I take, every beat of my heart, every thought I have, everything that I am or will ever be.”

“At last!” Callie choked emotionally as she slid down from the chair to kneel before him on the kitchen floor, her hands gently cupping his face as she looked up at him. “I love you too, Lijah. With every single breath I take, every beat of my heart, every thought I have or will ever have, everything that I am or will ever be. I love you! So very, very much, my darling Lijah.”

His arms moved about her as he hugged her into him fiercely, his face buried against her throat and his shoulders shaking with emotion. “You claimed my heart in just a few days, Callie, and I’ve missed you so much. Missed holding you, kissing you, making love to you. My life has been so empty these past two months without you in it. So fucking empty!” He raised his head to look at her, dark lashes wet with emotion. “I never want to be apart from you ever again. Not even for a day. Want you to be my family. To have children with you. To grow old with you. Do you think you’ll be able to cope with my loving you that much?”

Lijah had so much love to give, so much love he had never been allowed to give.

Callie wanted it all.

She wanted to be his family. To give him children. To grow old with him.

She smiled up at him tearfully. “As long as you promise to never ever stay away from me again out of a sense of honor and chivalry. That is what you were doing after you were shot, isn’t it? Staying away in case you couldn’t walk again?”

“You deserve better than a crippled mess—”

“I deserve
you
, Lijah. All of you. No matter what happens in the future. In sickness and in health. For richer or for poorer.”

Humor lightened his eyes. “Are you going to agree to leave the ‘obey’ in the marriage service too?”

“Absolutely—not!” she added dryly as he began to smile. “Now kiss me and make love to me before I die from wanting you!”

“Yes, ma’am.”

And he did.

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Carole Mortimer is a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, a Pioneer for Romance Romantic Times Award in 2014.
 
She was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012 for her ‘outstanding service to literature’. Shadow Alpha is Carole’s 200th novel.

She is happily married to Peter. They have 6 sons, and live on the beautiful Isle of Man. She also loves to hear from Readers!

Other books by Carole Mortimer

Carole has written 173 romance novels in the Presents/Modern series from Harlequin Mills and Boon.

She has also written 24 Regency romance novels in the Harlequin Mills and Boon’s Historical series.

ALPHA series:

Christmas Alpha: Novella, published November 8
^th
, 2014

Dark Alpha: Full-length novel, published January 18
^th
, 2015

Shadow Alpha: Full-length novel, published March 15
^th
, 2015

Midnight Alpha: Full length novel, published May 17
^th
, 2015

Renegade Alpha: Full length novel, published July 24th 2015

Warrior Alpha: Full length novel, published October 4th 2015

More books to come in the series 2015/2016