Everything But Marriage

by Dallas Schulze

  He drew her closer, desperate to make her understand how much he needed her in his life. "You have to stay, Annalise. Without you, I... don't know what I'd do."

  She looked at him, feehng the last traces of ice melt from around her heart. The words he couldn't seem to get out were written in his eyes. He loved her. It was there in the way he held her hands, in the near desperation in his eyes.

  She freed one hand, reaching up to lay it against his jaw. "You're talking about love, Devlin. You're talking about needing someone else to make your life complete. About wanting to share the bad, as well as the good. What do you think love is?"

  "I don't know," he said simply. She knew it was no less than the truth. How could he know? There'd been so little of it in his life.

  "Oh, Devlin." She leaned into him, resting her cheek against his chest, feeling the strong beat of his heart. His arms closed convulsively around her, and he bent to put his face against her hair.

  "Teach me, Annalise," he whispered. "I don't want to lose you."

  "You're not going to." She tilted her head to look up into his face. "You're stuck with me."

  "We'll get married."

  "I'd like that," she said, seeing some of the anxiety fade from his eyes.

  He didn't need her to teach him how to love. All she needed to teach him was that he didn't have to be afraid to love. As long as she could see the love in his eyes, she could wait for the words. They weren't as important as feeling his arms around her, holding her as if he'd never let her go.

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  Table of Contents

  Front Cover

  Title Page

  Copyright

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  Back Cover