“I love you, and I want to be with you. Is that clear enough?”
I punched his arm.
“Ouch. What’s that for?”
“What the hell took you so long?”
He pulled me to him. “I had a few dragons of my own to slay, but I’m here. And I want you, Alexandra Caruthers. I want you right now more than anything else in the world. I can’t promise that your job won’t be an issue with us, but we’ll work it out. We have to, because I can’t live without you.”
Then he kissed me. His mouth was soft and teasing at first, and then he took over. My knees melted, and so did my heart. If he hadn’t been holding on to me, I probably would have passed out.
“Hey!” Aspen’s voice made me jump. She and Huff stood on the top of the steps. “You two can get a room later, on your own time. This is my wedding, and I’m ready to get married.”
Jake laughed out loud and took my hand.
“We are so getting that room later,” I whispered.
“Oh, yeah.” Jake squeezed my hand, and I entered the castle, my heart so full of love I thought it might burst right there on the spot.
Six hours later, the party was still going strong. The wedding had been everything Aspen could have wished for. She was blissfully dancing cheek to cheek with Huff. They’d been wrapped up in each other the entire day.
Jake had his arms wrapped so tight around me that I thought he might really keep his promise about never letting me go.
“How much longer until we can sneak away?” he whispered into my hair.
I smiled against his chest. “We could go upstairs now.” I raised my head so I could look at him. The hunger in his eyes made my body burn.
“I was thinking maybe somewhere a little farther away. Maybe a certain ranch in Texas.”
I pulled back a little. “I can’t just leave. Aspen will have a fit.”
“I doubt it.” He nodded toward the happy couple. “My guess is she won’t even know you’ve gone.”
I watched them for a minute. He had a point.
Taking me by the hand, he led me to an empty closet on the bottom floor.
I laughed. “How did you know this was here?”
He winked. “Security, ma’am. It’s my job to know. Okay, do your thing,” he said as he wrapped his arms around me.
I touched the tattoos together and whisked the man I loved off to Texas, where I planned on showing him just how much I wanted him.
Candace Havens is a veteran entertainment journalist who spends way too much time interviewing celebrities. In addition to her weekly column seen in newspapers throughout the country, she is the entertainment critic for 96.3 KSCS in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She is the author of The Demon King and I, Like a Charm, Charmed & Dangerous, Charmed & Ready, Charmed & Deadly, and the nonfiction biography Joss Whedon: Behind the Genius of Buffy, as well as several published essays. Visit Candace at www.candacehavens.com.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29