“I was trying to say that you make him happy. Happier than I’ve seen him a long time. Too long. That’s what matters.”
“You should have just said that to begin with.”
“I was trying but I kept getting interrupted.” Dave shook his head. “Maybe I’m just too tired. I’ve been up since yesterday. I’m gonna go up, take a shower and try to get some shut-eye. Maybe I’ll me more articulate after some rest.”
“Do that.” Alex’s voice was little more than a growl.
“Will we see you at dinner?” Janie asked.
“Possibly. It’ll depend on how much sleep I get.” Dave turned and left, leaving her alone with Alex. He sat beside her and pulled her into his lap.
“He’s right you know.”
“If you say so. I just don’t want you to fight, not over me.”
“If we fight, it won’t be over you. We fight occasionally, usually over his telling me what to do, but we always get past it.”
“As long as it’s not over me, then I think I can handle it.”
“You didn’t ask what I meant.”
“About what?”
“About how he’s right.”
“I’m not here after your money.” She frowned. “I didn’t even know you had money before I got here nor do I have any idea how much you have.”
“Not that part.”
“Then what?”
“About you making me happy.” He smoothed a loose curl away from her face. “I don’t know how it happened so fast, but when I realized that ATV was rolling and taking you with it, I knew.”
“Knew what?” She wasn’t sure what sure what he was getting at. She wished he and his brother would both just start coming out and saying what they meant instead of hinting at it.
“I knew I’d fallen in love with you.” He shook his head slowly. “Somehow, in a very short amount of time, you’ve managed to burrow your way through my defenses.” He took a deep breath. “When you were lying in that grass and I thought you were hurt, I swear I aged ten years. It’s only been a day, but I never want to go back to what I was before you arrived.”
Janie cupped his face and leaned in for a kiss. “You had me long before that.”
“When?”
Her face heated. “When you said I could read anything in the library I wanted, and that if I wanted something more, we could order it.”
Alex laughed and his whole face changed. She leaned in and kissed him again.
“Making my woman love me was easy, all I had to do was offer her the world.”
“You didn’t offer me the world, you offered me all the worlds.”
His arms tightened around her. “You read anything you want, I’ll be happy to buy you any book you want. And when you’re ready, not only will I offer you all the worlds. I’ll show you the world.”
“I—I don’t have a passport.”
“Then I guess we’d better get you one.”
“Yes please.” She lowered her mouth to his and he kissed her with enough passion that she forgot all about the TV, rolling the ATV and his brother. All that was left in the world was the two of them and possibilities.
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Books by Melissa Stevens
Kitsune Series:
Change
Fight
Hunt
Live
The Kitsune Collection
(with Change, Fight, Hunt and Live in one volume)
WMC Series:
Escape
Jade's Peace
Risking Alex
Demented Souls:
Ruger
City of Sin:
Released by Desire
Redeemed by Desire
Revealed by Desire
The Dragon Chronicles
(with Released by Desire, Redeemed by Desire and Revealed by Desire)
Diamond Bridal Agency:
Justin
Sean
Alex
Novels:
Robin’s Nest
Choosing Happiness
About the Author
Melissa Stevens is an Arizona native who has spent her entire life living across the southern half of the state. She prefers small towns and rural life to feeling packed into a city, often writing about the small towns she love. With more than fifteen books available, Melissa spends much of her time working on the next story.
She lives with her husband and four children and can often be found lost in thought as she talks to her imaginary friends as much as the ones that walk and talk the same earth she does.
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