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‘So, so much.’ Admitting it felt...sublime. Like a second...third rebirth. ‘After the party, I planned to ask you to forget the agreement, the stupid six months. Everything. I said once that I should marry you again. I meant it then although the delivery could’ve been better. Maybe I sensed deep down that I’d gone about it the wrong way the first time.’
‘Zeph...you love me?’ she repeated, her eyes filling with tears.
He ventured close, despising the wind that picked up, whipping her hair into her face so he couldn’t see her beautiful eyes. When she lifted her hand to tuck her hair away, he saw the wedding rings still on her finger. And it almost dropped him to his knees.
‘I love you, Imogen Diamandis. It took the gift of memory loss for me to discover that I couldn’t live without you. If you take me back I vow to never leave your side. Bind me to your side and let me love you until the world stops turning. Please.’
She burst into tears. He scooped her up and held her to his heart, this treasure he’d so foolishly discarded. Twice. The shock of that near loss made him seek her lips, to rabidly reaffirm and reawaken the heart he’d feared would stop beating without her.
And his heart soared when she kissed him back.
When they parted, she passed a despondent hand over her stomach. ‘I’m sorry the pregnancy test was negative. I didn’t know how much I wanted to be pregnant until I was not.’
We can fix that. Immediately.
He swallowed the words before they damned him. He still had a lot of work to do. One of those chilly mountains to climb. ‘That’s the way hard lessons are learnt, isn’t it? Denying what’s right in front of us until it’s taken away. Then we’re exposed for the utter fools we are.’
‘You didnotjust call me a fool,’ she threw back, her beautiful eyes snapping with fire. And something else that made his heart stutter with hope.
‘Oh, no,agape mou. That honour is reserved only for me.’
Something leapt in those eyes he adored so much. ‘You can call yourself all the names in the world. As long as you keep loving me half as much as I love you.’
His grateful, triumphant roar scared the sheep, who went scattering across the hills. He didn’t care. Or he cared only if Imogen did.
Right now, all he wanted to do was kiss her again.
So he did. Until they were both breathless and clinging to one another.
‘I need you,agape mou. As for Callahan, I fear I have a mini mutiny on my hands. None of the clients are happy dealing with me. They want you back. Hell, even my board have been overheard saying you’re a much more amenable CEO to deal with than me.’
‘Only because they think they can call the shots.’
He dropped a long kiss on her lips. ‘Not any more. They dragged their feet but forcing them to admit how invaluable you’ve been in my absence has made them see the light. Diamandis needs you back.Ineed you back, Imogen. By my side, where you belong. I’ve been entirely miserable without you.’
‘Oh, Zeph. Me too.’
He looked around and grimaced. ‘As much as I would like to seal our love immediately, I don’t think I can quite reduce myself to seducing you with the sheep watching.’
She laughed, and his heart soared.
When it came close to settling, Zeph realised that the ache had evaporated. Accepting love, opening his own heart in return, had healed them both.
He wanted to drop to his knees in humbled thanksgiving. But his wife had other ideas. When her hand snuck beneath his coat, searching, caressing, his breath caught.
‘I’m renting a cottage about a mile away,’ she murmured against his lips.
Zeph’s heart, and other parts of his needy body, jumped, even as he shook his head and reached into his pocket. ‘I have a better idea. I can have our chopper here in two minutes.’
She gasped. ‘I thought you sent him away?’
‘Only over the hill. Your husband is no fool. I will buy you this mountain if you desire, but for what I have in mind we will need solid walls and indoor plumbing.’
She laughed again, flinging her arms around his neck.
‘I can’t wait for our next adventure to start, Zeph. I love you.’
His throat closed. Again. And it took until the rotors of his helicopter drew near for him to reply. ‘I was lost, and you found me. You saved me, my love. I belong to you now,eros mou. For ever.’
