“Everything is okay, Ben,” she told him. “I remembered that I hadn’t seen the baby eagles and thought maybe you could find time to ride up there with me.”
He gazed at her incredulously. “You came back to see the eagles?”
“They weren’t the only reason I came back. But I also remembered that you told me eagles mated for life and I decided if they could do it, so could we. So I came back to see if you still wanted me and if you do, this is my home now.”
Ben closed the distance between them in one long stride and gathered her to him fiercely, his strong arms closing around her as if he never planned to let her go.
“If I still want you?” he asked her, his face buried in her hair. “I’ll always want you. I’ll still be wanting you when I close my eyes for the last time. I love you, Samantha. Now and for always.”
Some time later, Taffy safely stabled in Ben’s barn for the time being while they talked, Ben and Samantha sat together making plans for their life together and a wedding as soon as Maeve could arrange to be here for it.
“Did I tell you my sister’s a midwife?” Samantha asked Ben. “It will be good to have her in the family when we start ours, won’t it? I’m looking forward to seeing a little towheaded boy running around here.”
“That will be wonderful, sweetheart, “Ben replied. “But I want a little black haired, blue eyes spitfire like her mama around here, too.” Their eyes locked in shared joy, both of them looking forward to spending the rest of their lives together.
Suddenly, Samantha gasped and sat up from the comfortable leather couch. “Oh no!” she said. “I forgot to call the airlines and cancel my flight.”
Ben smiled. “When you get them on the phone, I need to talk to them, too.”
Samantha stared at him blankly, uncomprehending. “You need to talk to the airline, too. Why?”
Ben gathered her close and gave her one of his most charming smiles, dimples and all. “Because I have to cancel my flight, too.”
Samantha still didn’t get it. Ben had been going away? “What flight?” she asked.
“My flight to New York City,” he explained. “You didn’t think I was letting you go without putting up a fight, did you? I didn’t understand why you turned me down, but I knew it wasn’t because you didn’t love me.”
She was amused. “Why, you conceited thing,” she teased. “You were so sure I had fallen in love with you?”
He nodded. “Yep. As sure as I was that I had fallen in love with you, so in love that I had to go after you and try to change your mind about marrying me because if you wouldn’t have me, no other woman would ever do.”
As he bent to kiss her again, Samantha suddenly realized what color Ben’s eyes were.
They were the color of forever.
Table of Contents
The Color of Forever
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
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