Shock echoed in his blue eyes and they searched hers, as though she might not have meant those words. Her fingers closed around his and her brow furrowed when she raised his hand and pressed her cheek against it.
“Stay with me.”
He closed the gap between them, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her breath away.
Relief coursed through her, swift and sweet, lightening her insides and forcing a smile to her lips. She returned the kiss, her body igniting under the soft caress of his hands against her bare arms, until she ached for his touch.
“I will do my best to protect you from whatever may come, sweet Alicia,” he whispered against her mouth and then reclaimed her lips with a searing kiss that promised eternal devotion.
Her heart said he would keep that promise.
He would never leave her.
Never.
The End
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About the author
Felicity Heaton is a great believer in love at first sight and the romantic ideal. Having grown up reading extensively, she developed a deep love of classical literature, ranking Jane Eyre, North & South, and Persuasion amongst her all time favourite reads. The most romantic moment of her life was when her husband got down on bended knee on the steps of Sacré Coeur, Paris, at night in front of several hundred spectators and proposed. She was too drunk on love, and subsequently champagne, to care about the audience. All she could see was the man that she loved. A writer of emotion and life, she always strives to touch a chord of familiarity in her readers and give them characters they can love and a read to remember.
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Website: http://www.felicityheaton.co.uk
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