Luce bit her lip. ‘You want us to live here?’ That would mean leaving Dolly—and Tom and Mum. Leaving Cardiff. Leaving her job. Giving up everything she loved. Would he really ask her to do that?
‘Sometimes.’ Ben wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her against him. ‘I figure we’ll fix up your Cardiff house and live there most of the time. I mean, I don’t imagine you’re going to want to suddenly give up your home and your work or anything, but we can spend summers here at the château.’
Hope flared up inside her. Maybe he did understand after all. ‘And any time we need a weekend to get away from it all we can go to the cottage?’
‘Exactly.’
Ben smiled down at her and Luce tried to remember if she’d ever seen him looking so happy. She didn’t think so. Not even after making love.
It all sounded perfect. More than she’d ever hoped or dreamed for. To be with him, just their little family, all the time. Except... ‘I told you Dolly moved in, right?’
‘I don’t care. As long as I get to be with you. Besides, we might need a babysitter.’
Luce laughed. ‘Very true.’
‘So you’ll do it?’ Ben asked. ‘You’ll take the chance that I’ve changed? Grown up?’
Luce smiled up at him. ‘I love you, you idiot. Of course I will.’
Ben lowered his lips to hers and kissed her softly. ‘That’s okay, then.’
‘Well, seeing the château did make a bit of a difference. And I like the idea of homes in two countries...’
Ben shook his head. ‘That’s what I realised. These buildings aren’t home. You are. You and our baby. That’s home to me.’
Luce’s shoulders relaxed as she tucked her head against his chest. That was what she’d needed to hear.
Things weren’t just going to be okay any more, she knew. Their life together would be magnificent.
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ISBN: 9781472005502
STRANDED WITH THE TYCOON
© Sophie Pembroke 2013
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