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He pushed the hair back from her face, his hand lingering on her cheek, the tenderness in his gaze taking her breath away.
“It’s a guy thing. I’d tried to convince you many times and it hadn’t worked so I took the cool approach instead. You know, the whole ‘treat ‘em mean, keep ‘em keen’ thing. And hey, you’re here and you’re mine so I guess it worked.”
She opened her mouth to promise he’d never have to play it cool with her again but he placed a finger against her lips.
“But just so you know, that was the last time I let you walk away from me.” Resting his forehead against hers, he murmured, “This is it, Cam. We belong together. For the long haul.”
On a ragged breath he eased away and as she blinked back tears of joy, he slid down onto one knee. He clasped her hand, his earnest expression tugging at her overflowing heart.
“My beautiful, headstrong, independent Cam, will you marry me, again? Will you commute in sickness and in health? Will you fill that nursery nook with our babies, however many we’re blessed with, and stay by my side for as long as we both shall live?”
“I will,” she said on a whisper, tears sliding unchecked down her cheeks as he pushed another box into her hand, though this time he did the honors of opening it.
She’d never had a ring first time around, had never been a jewellery type of girl and they couldn’t afford it back then, yet the minute she laid eyes on the exquisite diamond solitaire she fell in love with it. With shaking hands she tried to take it out of the box.
“Here. Let me.”
Blane slid the ring onto her third finger and raised her hand to his lips before proceeding to kiss every knuckle, every fingertip of her trembling hand, while she stared at the man ofher dreams and the ring that signified she’d agreed to be his wife, for good this time.
“Not having second thoughts already?”
She ducked her head and planted a swift, reassuring kiss on his lips, tempted to linger longer…like a lifetime.
“I’ve never been surer of anything.” Their gazes locked and she was buoyed to see nothing but quiet confidence in his. “As for you pulling out all the stops tonight, you know I’m not a romantic kind of girl, right?”
“Yeah, right.”
With a slow, sexy grin, he plucked a truffle off the platter and waved it in front of her, brushing it across her lips in the barest of touches, tempting her to taste it, seducing her with his smoldering stare.
“You know I think Valentine’s Day is a load of BS?” She deadpanned, as he half popped the truffle into his mouth, leaned forward and offered the other half to her, his lips touching hers as she bit into the rich, succulent sweetness, savoring the searing touch of his lips as much as the burst of delicious goodness.
“So you said.” His fingertip traced her bottom lip, picking up traces of sugar while her bones melted and her brain fogged and desire churned deep within.
“But you want to hear something funny?”
“I’m not in the mood for jokes. I’m in the mood for something else entirely.” He leaned forward and touched his mouth to hers, licking the sugar from her lips, tasting better than any truffle she’d ever had.
“I’ll tell you anyway,” she whispered against the corner of his mouth, her head falling back as his lips slid across her jaw and down her neck. “Maybe I was wrong. Maybe the chubby little guy with the bow and arrow knows a thing or two about this romance business. After all, we did meet on Valentine’s Day. And you did walk back into my life a year ago on Valentine’s Day. And herewe are, a year later, happily married and pregnant on Valentine’s Day. Are you sensing a pattern?”
He smiled and cradled her close. “Happy anniversary, sweetheart, the first of many more,” he murmured, a second before his lips closed over hers, sealing their incredible reunion with a kiss.
As Camryn’s eyes fluttered shut, she caught a glimpse of Cupid on the banner strung over the door. A wind draft made it look like the chubby cherub winked. Probably a figment of her deliriously happy imagination…or the matchmaking cherub having a laugh at her expense.
Either way, she didn’t hate Valentine's Day anymore. It would be a momentous day moving forward.
An anniversary she would never forget. A reminder of the love she shared with the most beautiful man on the planet.
She couldn’t wait to celebrate many more.
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Stranded…with my nemesis!
AXEL: It’s bad enough an unseasonal blizzard means I’m stuck with my PA’s annoying cat, but to make matters worse, Mia Samson and her poison pen are in my house too. The renowned reviewer has tanked enough books with her dreaded DNF and I need to teach her a lesson.
But my enemy is not what I expect and if I’m not careful, I’m in danger of revealing my secret to the one person who can use it against me.
MIA: I know people in publishing call me the career-wrecker behind my back. What they don’t know is, I’m writinga novel, and when I’m lucky enough to win a week-long retreat with bestselling Axel Low in quaint Sugar Plain, Nebraska, I’m thrilled.
