by Sarah Hegger
“Hmm.” His grin didn’t auger well for him taking any of this seriously. “I’m sure we have the passion, but we might have got the order of things a little ass about face. I don’t think we have too many delusions about each other, as you came into this thinking of me as a dangerous lunatic.”
He had a point there.
“And I think we’ve had our fair share of conflict. Even you can’t argue that we’ve handled a crisis or two.”
What a doofus. “That’s not what crisis versus conflict means.”
“Then you can explain it to me.” He feathered kisses over her jaw.
“Then we have to move into the second honeymoon and commitment stage. Where we reach a new level of commitment and intimacy.”
He chuckled. “I’m giving it my best here.” He sucked her earlobe. “But you just keep talking.”
“Then comes the child stage.” Her breathing went a bit ragged. She couldn’t concentrate with the clamor his clever mouth set up inside her.
He hummed against her throat. “That horse might have bolted.”
“Which is another thing. Birth control.”
“What about it?” He palmed her breast.
“We need it.”
“Okay.” Like the fabric was made of tissue, he sucked her nipple into his mouth right through her dress. “We can be more careful, count your cycle, pop into the future and grab a box of condoms. Whatever you want.”
“I want you to stop doing that.” It came out her mouth as more of a moan.
His head popped up. “Really?”
“No.” She pushed his head back down. “But I don’t think time travel works that way.”
“According to my family, that’s exactly how it works.” He tugged her skirts up. “You want children eventually I hope?”
“Yes.”
He cupped her ass. “I think we should get married first, don’t you?”
“Married?” The word shook her out of her sensual fog. “I think it’s way too soon for that conversation. We haven’t even decided when we’re going to live. Hell, we haven’t even decided if we’re a we.”
“We’re a we, Doctor Laura Rose.” Squeezing her butt cheek, he pushed her against his erection. “I’ll convince you of that if it takes the rest of our lives. Now tell me you love me too.”
“I—”
He slapped her ass, hard enough to sting. “I need to hear you say it. You might be hurting my feelings here.”
“All right then. I love you.”
“That’s a good start. As for the rest.” He stilled and gazed at her, his heart in his eyes. “Anywhen you like, as long as I’m with you.”
About the Author
“Sarah Hegger has a gift for storytelling that is not to be missed. She's a personal favorite of mine.” —Kathryn Le Veque, USA Today bestselling author
Born British and raised in South Africa, Sarah Hegger suffers from an incurable case of wanderlust. Her match? A hot Canadian engineer, whose marriage proposal she accepted six short weeks after they first met. Together they’ve made homes in seven different cities across three different continents (and back again once or twice). If only it made her multilingual, but the best she can manage is idiosyncratic English, fluent Afrikaans, conversant Russian, pigeon Portuguese, even worse Zulu and enough French to get herself into trouble.
Mimicking her globe trotting adventures, Sarah’s career path began as a gainfully employed actress, drifted into public relations, settled a moment in advertising, and eventually took root in the fertile soil of her first love, writing. She also moonlights as a wife and mother.
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