Tears streamed down her sun-pinkened cheeks as she nodded, her lips pressed together. With a shaking hand, he picked up the box and popped it open.
“It’s a blue topaz, because of the lake, you know. I know it’s not traditional, and if you don’t like it we can take it back. It’s not too big so you can wear it when you work. And—”
She cut off anything else he was about to say with a kiss, winding her arms around his neck, pressing her body against his so that for a moment, he forgot what they were doing. He drew back to look into her eyes.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it. Put it on me.”
Still shaking, he took the ring out, the dark blue square-cut topaz sitting between two square-cut diamonds, sitting on a white-gold band and gripped her hand. She was also shaking, and watched as he slid the ring on her finger.
“Perfect,” she murmured, opening and closing her fingers to test the fit.
“Yes,” he said, “You are.”
THE END
MJ Fredrick knows about chasing dreams. Twelve years after she completed her first novel, she signed her first publishing contract. Now she divides her days between teaching fourth grade students how to write, and diving into her own writing—traveling everywhere in her mind, from Belize to Honduras to Africa to the past.
Find her at mjfredrick.com and mjfredrick.wordpress.com
Other contemporary romances:
Something to Talk About
Road Signs
Where There’s Smoke
Bull by the Horns
Three Days, Two Nights
Star Power
Bluestone Homecoming
Bluestone Song
Romantic suspense:
Don’t Look Back
Breaking Daylight
Hot Shot
Midnight Sun
Guarded Hearts
Historical romance:
Sunrise Over Texas
Contents
Title page
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Epilogue