TOML SW 2015-04-09 (19 page)

“In a minute, I will.” His eyes went back to the field of tiny plants sticking up along rows of strung cable they would one day climb. “I just want to look at it some more.” He wrapped one arm around her waist. “We should get married right here. Soon.”

“Here?”

“Unless you want something fancy.”

She smiled. “Are you kidding? I love my house.”

“Our house. So, when do I get to make an honest woman out of you?”

“Your father’s responding well to the new treatment. We have time if you want it, Jed.”

He dipped her backwards over his arm. “Maybe I don’t want anymore time. Maybe I want to make you my wife before you come to your senses and change your mind.” He kissed her and she opened to him with a tender passion that made him wild with desire.

She touched his face. “Never happen.”

He squeezed her tighter to him. “Have I told you today how much I love you?”

“Yes. But tell me again.”

The corners of his mouth turned down as he stared into her eyes, the green and brown with a golden ring around the iris, reminding him of the color-changing sapphire on her finger. He lifted his head, taking in the newly planted grapevines and the old Victorian house beyond.

His stare made its way back to her eyes, his throat tight with emotion. “You’ve given me everything, Tori. More than I even knew I could want. Do you get that? I didn’t even know people could be this happy. Every time you walk by me and I smile just to know you’re there, or you talk to me, or you curl up next to me in your sleep.” He ran his finger down her cheek, feeling the softness there. “I treasure you, Tori. You’re more important, more valuable to me, than anything or anyone else in this life.”

Tori’s eyes were shiny, and she wiped at one with the back of her hand. “I’m going to get my ugly cry going if you keep this up. You’re going a little overboard with this ‘expressing your love’ thing.” She laughed and bit her lip. “I love you, too.”

“That’s it? That’s all I get?”

She laughed. “No, silly. You get me.”

Jed tightened his arms around her middle, pulling her willing body against him and kissing her neck, then her cheek, then her lips. “Then I am one happy man.”

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