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“I did” He closed the door “But it wasn’t easy” Taking both of her hands, he stepped closer “About as hard as it had been to convince him to let me marry you”
Her heart coain, but it spit and sputtered like a pu dry “Marry you?”
“Yes Marry me”
He was grinning, and she struggled to hold back her own Convincing hiain, since -hiive in that easily Where would the fun be in that? Biting her bottom lip, she shook her head “I never said I’d marry you”
“That’s because I haven’t asked you yet”
His smile was so brazen, yet secretive, she wasn’t sure if he was teasing or not That brought forth the one thought she hadn’t been able to rationalize “Federal agents do not hters”
“A,” he said, drawing out the word “So you do ader”
He’d caught her on that one, and she grinned “And you’re a federal agent”
“Yes, I am”
“I knew it all along,” she whispered
“Yes, you did” He leaned closer “Now, kiss me I know you want to”
“How do you know that?”
He laughed “Because we think alike, and I want to kiss youin forever and a day”
“Anything?” she asked, her breathwith his
“Anything”
Her heart swelled, filling her with tremendous warmth She looped her arms around his neck and stepped closer “We do think alike, don’t we?”
“Yes,” he answered, cupping her hips and tugging her closer yet “We do”
She stretched on her toes, initiating the kiss, a first for her Ty seemed to enjoy it so much, she went back for seconds And thirds
Nor to happen next, and she wanted it with all the passion she’d poured into the resort over the past few years When kisses left them too breathless to continue, she buried her face in his neck, inhaling the wonderful scent of him as they held onto one another
“I missed you,” he said softly, sincerely
“Iher eyes For no lorious he ent would not be a ht This one beautiful night she’d dreaht of the dance-off
She took his hand and led hih the kitchen, into the bedroo and had pulled back the covers of the bed
He looked at her tentatively “What’s this?”
Nervous, especially considering all that was at stake, her smile shook “A bed”
“I see that” He shrugged “I expect you are tired, after being kidnapped and all”
Her storin on his lips Stepping forward, she cupped the back of his neck “You aren’t disappearing on ain So don’t try”
“I don’t want to,” he whispered before kissing her slowly, sweetly and completely
Nor scary about this Ty would see to that He’d instilled a unique trust inside her fro Perhaps that’s why, and how, she’d fallen in love with him so swiftly
When the kiss ended, Nornal he couldn’t miss With a smile that could have stolen her heart if he hadn’t already done so, he kicked off his shoes and pulled her onto the bed as if it was thein the world for her to lie down beside him
It was