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Authors: Sharon Ihle

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Her grin huge, wicked, she asked, "So what are we going to do about it?"

Brent shrugged, then slid his fingers up to where she'd pinned her hair into a knot at the top of her head. Slowly removing the hairpins, he suggested, "How about a game of billiards?"

Jewel's eyes brightened as her hair fell in waves across her shoulder. "Straight eight, call your pockets?"

"If I win," he whispered, lowering his mouth to hers, "we get married. Sumner Hall, bridesmaids stretching the length of the oak grove, and everyone we know witnessing the event."

Jewel gave him a crooked grin and warned, "My daddy isn't the kind of man to make idle threats. That carriage outside isn't empty."

Brent's eyebrows drew together. "You mean there really is a sheriff gunning for me?''

Jewel waited a long moment before she let him off the hook, and said, "No, but we did bring a preacher along, you know, just in case. If I win, I say we bring him in now. Otherwise, Mr. Connors, it's going to be a very long time before we can start our honeymoon."

She saw the unspoken questions in his eyes. "Having a dad, a real dad to call my own, has rewards I never dreamed of," she explained, "but it also presents a few problems. I'm afraid Harry isn't going to let me out of his sight again until I'm properly wed."

Brent thought about that for only a second before he whispered against her lips, "In that case, my love, I do."

The End

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