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by Marie Rochelle
"When I found out you had overheard me on the phone
with Josh I hated myself more than you could ever imagine.
Then when I learned you signed over all the Luscious Lips
stocks to me I knew I lost you, and it killed me.
"My only goal then was to win you back and prove my
undying love for you. I would have given up everything for
you to smile at me the way you used to. Can you let me
slowly earn your love and trust back? Will you let me show
you that I'm good enough to be your husband and father of
your children? Will you marry me?"
* * * *
Craig stood with Shea enveloped in his arms while he
waited for her to answer his questions, but she just stood
there staring up at him with those big brown eyes. Memories
of his past with Olivia came back full force, and it was scaring
the shit out of him.
What if he waited too long? What if she was too hurt by
the vicious things he had said about her and she wouldn't
take him back. He wouldn't let the love of his life slip through
his fingers like this. He would find a way to get through to
her. He had come too far to fail like this.
No, he would fight tooth and nail to get Shea back in his
life because he didn't want to spend another lonely holiday
without her love. The lonely Thanksgiving he spent alone a
few days ago shook him to the core.
"Baby, say something," he urged, running his hands up
and down her back. "You can't leave me hanging like this."
"I don't know what you say."
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"Do you love me?" he asked.
"I've loved you for a very long time, Craig, and you know
that. I think the whole town knows that."
Yes! Yes! His mind screamed silently. All wasn't lost if Shea
loved him then his careless words hadn't ruined everything,
but he still sensed something was holding Shea back.
"What's wrong?"
"Craig, I wanted to have my own success before I got
married to any man, and now that dream is gone. I found the
perfect house for my bed and breakfast only to lose it. I want
to marry you more than anything in this world, but I want us
to be equal. I don't want you to be the one taking care of
everything, or have the job you love going to every morning,"
Shea confessed. "Do you understand that I want to make my
own mark in this world, too?"
Is that the only thing she's worried about? Craig thought,
hugging Shea even closer to his body. "Shea, I know how
independent you are, but you're going to have to let your
pride go and accept help from the people who love you."
"I know and I'm going to work on that," Shea breathed
into his chest, making his blood sizzle in his veins.
"So, let me ask you again, and this time I want a yes or no
answer." He moved back from Shea and smiled down into her
face. "Will you please marry me and be my partner for life?"
Grinning, Shea brushed her tears away with her gloved
covered hand. "Yes, I would love to marry you and spend the
rest of my life with you."
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Yelling at the top of his lungs, Craig planted a long, wet
kiss on her mouth until neither of them had the energy to
move away.
"We better leave or we might not be able to make it to the
car," Shea sighed, trailing the tips of her fingers down the
side of his face.
"I can make it anywhere as long as I have you right beside
me," he muttered, kissing the corner of her swollen mouth,
"but I have something I want to give you first."
"Oh, I can feel what you want to give me," she teased,
pressing her lower body to his, "however, I don't think this is
the proper place for it."
Craig groaned low in his throat, then, took a step back
from the sexy bundle tempting the hell out of him. "I'll take
you up on that later, the future Mrs. Clark; however, I want
you to have this now. Consider it an early wedding gift.
Reaching into his coat pocket, he pulled out a thick
envelope and handed it to Shea. He loved the look of surprise
on her face. "Here take this. I hope it will make a few things
clearer for you."
"What is this?"
"Why don't you open it and find out?" he suggested.
He didn't have to tell her a second time, because Shea's
small fingers ripped open the envelope and took out the
contents. The excitement on her face made her eyes shine
like new penny. Craig waited patiently while Shea read over
the documents several times before her eyes jumped back up
to his.
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"When did you do this?" she gasped, waving the paper in
front of her. "How did you have enough time to get something
like this done? Is this for real?"
"Right after I got your journal from Pierre and read the
note of the top," he confessed. "I have connections and I
couldn't let you give up on your dreams."
"I'm really going to have my bed and breakfast, plus all
the stocks and money from Luscious Lips?" Shea asked again,
still in shock from his surprise. "Are you sure that you want to
give all of that money up?"
"Baby, I never wanted to be owner of a cosmetics chain,
and my aunt knew that. I think she only did that to get the
two of us together. We can hire someone to be the CEO for
us," he replied as his body felt the temperature start to drop
around them.
"Besides, I thought it might be fun for us to have a place
to escape to if our day gets too hard. However, since it will be
ours we can close it down anytime we want and make love in
every room."
"Darling, I like how your mind thinks," she exclaimed. "I
can't wait until I make you mine."
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