Asking for Trouble - Leslie Kelly [93]
Simon still watched me from a few feet away. The women scattered, disappearing but, I would bet, staying within ear-shot. “Thank you for doing that. My family can be a little old-fashioned.”
“I’d expect nothing less. And I’ll demand the same thing someday.”
We hadn’t talked about children. Even the brief mention made me get all teary-eyed again.
“Can I at least give you the ring in private?” he asked, coming close and kissing my temple.
I sighed, lowering my lashes to hide my disappointment. I’m not the most patient sort. But when I heard Simon burst into laughter, I knew he’d been teasing me.
Which was why, without a moment’s remorse, I said, “Isn’t it customary to be in a certain position?”
His eyebrows waggling suggestively, he murmured, “I can think of lots of them.”
Oh, boy, good thing my parents weren’t around for that remark. Bad enough that Noelle and Meg had heard and both started snickering.
Then Simon dropped to one knee in front of me. Again all conversation ceased, as if he’d turned off a giant volume switch in the room. Taking my hand, he looked up at me, every bit of emotion a human was capable of feeling shining in his eyes.
“Lottie, you brought me back to life. Please tell me you’ll let me live what’s left of it by your side.”
Sniffling a little and biting my lip, I nodded as he slid a beautiful ring on my finger. “We’re going to be very happy, Simon.”
He rose. “I know.”
He had just enough time to give me a sweet kiss on the lips, then we were once again swept up in the madness that lasted throughout the entire celebratory evening.
I watched him meet my whole family. I heard him repeat their names throughout the night, never forgetting one. I saw them fall under his spell. I fell in love with him even more.
When it was all over, I took him home and slept in his arms, knowing one thing more. I hadn’t brought him back to life, we’d created a new one together.
And I could hardly wait to start living it.
Wait, there’s still plenty of fun—and the occasional
dead body—to be found in Trouble!
So be sure to come back for the next story of
Mortimer Potts and his super-hot grandsons.
When Michael Taylor comes to town, he meets
the murderous Feeney sisters’ grandniece,
it’s…
TROUBLE OR NOTHING
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Mortimer’s playboy grandson Max Taylor
met his match in sultry Sabrina Cavanaugh.
Their story, HERE COMES TROUBLE,
was released in August 2006 from Harlequin Books.
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Ex-Marine Nick Santori is going to tangle
with the wrong kind of woman…an absolute
bad girl…in the summer of 2007.
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ASKING FOR TROUBLE
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