Right Place, Wrong Time (23 page)

In spite of her tears, she laughed. “I don’t want a big diamond ring.”

He pulled her closer. “Then we’ll go to St. Thomas and snorkel.”

“That sounds like fun.”

He brushed his mouth over hers. Her lips must have tasted salty from her tears, but he didn’t seem to mind. “You still haven’t said you’ll marry me,” he reminded her.

“Where will we live?”

“Someplace equidistant from our jobs? That would probably put us not too far from your sister and the Alley Cat.” He kissed her again, a little longer, a little deeper. “Say yes already.”

“You make it all sound so easy,” she said dubiously.

“It
is
easy. It’s as easy as we want to make it. If you want to live in Arlington, great. I would prefer not to live in Manhattan. We could keep an apartment there, though, for weekends and visits. We managed to live together in that time-share for a whole week. Compared with that, figuring out where to live now ought to be a cinch.” He peered into her eyes. “None of this is hard, Gina, not if we want it.”

“Well…”

“Marry me.”

“Okay,” she said.

He smiled. His lips were so close to hers she could practically taste his smile. “Now, here’s the really tricky part,” he warned her, his voice low and hypnotically romantic. “Your mother wants us to eat dinner here. My aunt is expecting me at her house at four. Can we cram in two dinners?”

“No way. My stomach would explode.”

“Then how about if I call my aunt and say we’ll get there in time for dessert?”

“That sounds like a good compromise.”

His smile expanded. “See? That wasn’t so hard. The rest is going to be even easier.”

“You think so, huh?”

“I know so,” he whispered before kissing her again.

ISBN: 978-1-4268-4915-2

RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME

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