She nodded. “I love you with all my heart, Jack Parrish. I have always loved you, and I believe it is my fate to love you forever.”
He let out a pent-up breath like there had been a doubt. He pulled her into a hug that lifted her off her feet. “Thank you,” he said and pressed his smile to her lips.
The back door opened and Nathan stepped out. “Mom, you have to come inside. Grandma—” He stopped when he realized what was going on.
Jack set Daisy on her feet and she turned to face her son. Jack wrapped his arms around her middle and pulled her back against his chest. Nathan looked from one to the other until his gaze stopped on Daisy.
“Your grandma is what?” Daisy asked.
“She’s rambling on about people I don’t know and don’t give a crap about again,” he answered, distracted by the sight of the two of them. He raised his gaze to Jack. “What’s going on?”
“I asked your mother to marry me.”
Nathan stood perfectly still as he absorbed what that meant.
“I’ve loved your mother since the second grade when I looked across the playground and saw her standing there with a stupid red hair bow.” Jack’s fingers brushed her stomach as he spoke. “I let her get away once. I’m not going to make that mistake again.” He pulled her tighter against his chest. “I want the two of you to move here and live with me.”
“To Lovett?”
“Yeah. What do you think?”
Daisy didn’t remember him asking her what she thought.
Nathan looked at both of them as he mulled over his options. “Do I get the Shelby?”
For several long moments Daisy feared Jack would say yes. “No, but you can have your mom’s Caravan.”
“That’s not funny.”
“Maybe we can work something out.”
Nathan smiled and nodded as he walked back into the house. “Sweet,” he said.
Jack leaned down and whispered into her ear, “Can we skip the potty party?”
“No.” She turned and wrapped her arms around him. Breathing in the smell of his shirt and of him. “But we don’t have to stay long.”
She felt him press a smile on the top of her head. “Sweet.”
Acknowledgments
I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude to those who helped in the writing of this book. Craig Clark of C. C. Photography and Graphic Design, for sharing with me his experience and knowledge of photography and for making me look good. Jamie G, for his engine expertise, for drawing diagrams and patiently explaining the difference between a V8 and a straight 6, a camshaft and an intake valve. Fellow author Rachelle Morgan and her husband, Deputy David Nelson of the Morris County Sheriff’s Dept., Morris County, Texas. Your time was invaluable.
About the Author
RACHEL GIBSON’S first two romance novels—Simply Irresistible and Truly Madly Yours—were named among the Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year by Romance Writers of America. And in 2002 True Confessions was awarded the RITA for the Best Single Title ContemporarycRomance of the Year. She has won numerous awards, including the Golden Heart and National Reader’s Choice.
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Books by Rachel Gibson
JUST KISS ME
I DO!
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU
BLUE BY YOU
RUN TO YOU
CRAZY SWEET FINE
CRAZY ON YOU
RESCUE ME
ANY MAN OF MINE
TRUE LOVE AND OTHER DISASTERS
NOT ANOTHER BAD DATE
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
TANGLED UP IN YOU
I’M IN NO MOOD FOR LOVE
SEX, LIES, AND ONLINE DATING
THE TROUBLE WITH VALENTINE’S DAY
DAISY'S BACK IN TOWN
LOLA CARLYLE REVEALS ALL
TRUE CONFESSIONS
IT MUST BE LOVE
TRULY MADLY YOURS
SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Epub Edition APRIL 2012 ISBN: 9780062205674
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