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“Doesn’t matter.” She felt his hand stiffen and held his fingers more tightly in her own. “I don’t want a new job, Trent. I just want you.” When he didn’t respond, she took his face between her palms and forced him to stare into her eyes. “Those hours I spent soul-searching I was alone. In my bed, crying my eyes out. I decided if I wasn’t going to wallow in my own misery any longer, I had to face the truth and that is—” she took in a shuddering breath, ready to bare her soul “—I love you, Trent McKenzie, and I want to marry you.” His jaw clenched tight. “If you’ll have me.”
Swallowing the lump of pride that filled her throat, she reached into her purse and withdrew a packet. “Tickets to Salvaje,” she said. “For you and me.”
His lips cracked into a small, skeptical smile. “You want to go back there?”
“Mmm-hmm.”
“When?”
“Right after we stop down at the courthouse and tie the knot.”
His smile kicked up a little higher. “What if I don’t want to get married?”
Pain sliced through her heart, but she tilted her chin upward defiantly. “Then come with me as my lover.”
He barked out a short laugh and stepped away from her. “You’re too much,” he said, resting his hands on his hips and shaking his head.
Disappointment curdled her insides.
“I thought you never wanted to see me again.”
“I had a change of heart.” When he didn’t respond, she tossed her hair out of her face. “Damn it, Trent, this wasn’t easy for me, you know. I’ve swallowed my pride, told you that I love you, nearly begged you to marry me and you don’t have a thing to say?”
“Oh, sure I do.”
Here it comes. “And what’s that?” she demanded, feeling fire leap in her eyes.
He slid a finger into the pocket of his jeans and withdrew the slim gold band, the very band that had been her wedding ring on Salvaje. “I just wondered what took you so long.”
She let out a long, agonized breath. “You’ve been waiting for me to come back here. You knew I would, didn’t you?”
“Thought you might.”
“You arrogant, self-important—”
He cut off her insults with a kiss that caused her blood to turn to liquid fire. “Will you shut up a minute?” he asked as he slipped the ring that he’d sized to fit perfectly onto her finger. “I need to get this right this time.” He looked down into her eyes and cradled her face in his hands. “Marry me, Nikki,” he whispered, feeling the tremor of her body as it molded to his.
Wrapping his arms around her, he pressed anxious lips to hers and knew that now and forever Nikki would be his special woman.
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Undeniable Proof
B.J. Daniels
CONTENTS
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
