My throat constricted and my eyes burned with tears. I took my hand from his and held it up in front of my face, admiring the beautiful, sparkling ring. It was absolutely perfect, and I couldn't tear my gaze from it.
"Nicole?" he said gently.
I smiled through my tears. "Yes," I whispered. "Oh my God, yes!" I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him as if he were the life sustaining air I needed.
"My God, I love you," he muttered, dragging his lips from my mouth down to my neck. "You have no idea how happy you've made me."
"I have an idea," I said, tilting my head to the side, giving him greater access to my neck. All it took was one more kiss and our bodies erupted with a burning passion that neither of us had ever felt before. I couldn't believe it, but before I knew it, we were both naked. It barely registered that we were outside. Thank goodness it was a secluded park and for the fact Sean had the good sense to think ahead and bring another blanket to cover us with.
My fingernails dug into the hard flesh of his biceps as he entered me. Like always, I cried out, but this time it was more from the pure pleasure than anything. I was getting used to him, to his size, and it didn't hurt nearly as much as it did the first few times. Now it just felt good. Every time he entered me, every time he brought me to orgasm, it was like we were experiencing each other for the first time all over again. Our souls connected on such a deep level the thought of losing Sean threatened to destroy me.
Sean moved in and out of me, slow and steady, his lips never straying too far from mine. His low, raspy voice whispered to me as we made love. "I can't seem to get enough of you, Nicole. I don't think I ever want to."
"Sean," I moaned his name, knowing exactly how he felt but unable to say so because my body was being ravished by my orgasm. I writhed and shuddered beneath him until I just couldn't take it anymore. Moments later, I felt him succumb to the pleasure, and then he collapsed on top of me, his face buried in my neck. I stroked his hair and neck. "I can't believe we're getting married."
He chuckled and put his weight into his arms, his hands on either side of my face. "Yes, we are really getting married."
I smiled and looked at my ring again, "It's a beautiful ring. I love it so much."
"Good, I'm glad," he said.
Sean eased out of me and I groaned from the sudden lack of contact. We both quickly dressed and finished what was left in our champagne glasses. "We have so much to figure out," I said, taking a strawberry from the tray and popping it into my mouth.
"Like what?" he asked, looking at me with a smile.
I shrugged. "You know, just all the wedding details. And where we were going to live; are you going to move into my apartment with me or are we going to get a new place?"
Sean kissed me. "There's no need to worry about all that right now, honey. We have our whole lives ahead of us."
I smiled as a wave of excitement washed over me. He was right. We did have our whole lives, and we had them together.
COMPLETE BOOKLIST
A Dream Song Romance
Tragically Wounded is Book 1 in this series.
The Starting Over Series
1. Emma's Vacation
2. Ashley's Mountain Retreat
3. Claire's Rebuilding Contract
4. Shelby's Chance Meeting
A Mill Creek Crossing Romance Series
1. Lakeside Love
2. A Time to Love
3. Finding Love
4. The Eyes of Love
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Angelina Rose has wanted to write ever since she could hold a pencil. The first daughter of immigrant parents, Angelina had her head buried in books.
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Angelina's author career. "I awoke in the ICU... I had been unconscious for several days," Angelina says.
In 2010, Angelina had a long stint in hospital following her involvement in a motor vehicle accident: the longest time off work (as a Registered Nurse), she'd ever had in her life!
It was then she took up pen and paper and started to write again, just as she had done when she was a child. She wrote four short fiction stories for young adults, entered them in several competitions, and managed to win three first prizes!
After happily dipping her toes into writing those short fiction stories for young adults, Angelina has now authored four books in a new "Mill Creek Crossing Romance" series... contemporary romance intended for adults.
The "Starting Over Series" is another contemporary romance series she wrote about a subject she knows well... nurses and their love life. At a recent reunion of her graduating class, she could not help but notice how the same girls would group together and laugh, chat, and even shed some tears over their lives since graduating. Many of the girls had divorced... so Angelina thought "what if a group of the nurses came up with a plan to meet in two years and have a new love story to share?" Then the first story in the series was born.
There is always a story running around in her head. A man with thick dark hair, gray-blue eyes, with an engaging smile and a quick wit... or a girl crying over a broken relationship. She finds herself talking to these characters during her day: when she's doing dishes, or bathing babies at the hospital. These characters crop up on days at the beach or on walks through the neighborhood. This is how the stories start to grow.
Angelina's mother was an author, so Angelina grew up with a love of words and stories. If she wasn't writing a short story about something that took her fancy, her head was buried in books... reading, reading, reading, as her brother constantly told her...
When she's not spending time with her good-looking man or writing, she's working at the hospital, or walking her two dogs around the neighborhood.
Angelina really loves to connect with her readers and she invites you to connect with her on Facebook as she interacts daily with her readers there!
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