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She felt his lips on her cheek as the crisp winter breeze stole what little heat she had left

“Stay here and find out what it feels like Stay forever Stay with me,” he said

She turned her face towards his lips and felt the warers down her cheek

“I knohere I want to be and I knohat I want,” he told her softly “I don’t want to scare you off withit out loud But you have a place here, Rainbow, a permanent home Here With me”

Rainne wrapped her arms around him and lost herself in his kiss She wanted to believe hi And if she didn’t knohat she really wanted out of life at twenty-six, how could he know at twenty? Still, his words bounced around inside of her, setting off little bursts of excitement A home And Alastair Forever Could she do it?

“Let’s forget fishing for today,” Alastair told her as he rested his forehead on hers

“Good idea I thinkoff”

He chuckled as he put his hand in hers and led her towards the shore

“Let’s get a vegetable curry and watch Star Trek DVDs”

“You are such a nerd,” she told him

“A sexy nerd, Rainbow, never forget the sexy part,” he said as he waggled his eyebrows at her

Rainne took a dee

p, shuddering breath as she followed hiet the sexy part?

CHAPTER TWELVE

Lake rang Kirsty’s doorbell at seven o’clock on the dot He’d come empty handed because he wasn’t exactly sure what he was attending Dinner for rivals? A date? Aabout the fashion show? It seemed a bit presumptuous to turn up with flowers, or a bottle of wine, when there was that ht he’d been pretty clear He wanted Kirsty, and if she was going to invite him over, then she had to know that The problem was he wasn’t sure she knehat she wanted He heard footsteps on the stairs and the door opened