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She hadn’t dreamed it was possible Hadn’t even conte as a realistic possibility

But Vale didn’t hide his es for her shine in his eyes and she basked in the glory, letting his love thaw the wall she’d protected her heart behind since the day her father had walked out, since the first time she’d watched her mother walk down the aisle

“This is crazy,” Vale muttered, and took her in his ar “If you won’t letto show you”

With an offer like that on the table, Faith held her tongue But when his lips covered hers, she kissed hiht she’d forever lost the ain

Loved Oh, God She loved Vale

With all her heart and all her being Which left her so vulnerable But if he was just as vulnerable to her, if he was there to look out for her vulnerable heart and vice versa, everything would be okay, right?

Oh! She couldn’t think about that right now Not when Vale’s hands were everywhere Cupping her face, tangled in her hair, beneath her blouse

She didn’t stop hi her of her clothes Didn’t stop him when he laid her back naked on the table while he shed his suit in record speed

She certainly didn’t stop hi to his shoulders, clung to his body, loving him with all her heart and all her body

Deeper and deeper he surged inside her, taking her back to that ical place she’d

called Cape May but which had really been in his ar her back to explosive ecstasy

Her thighs spas in rhythm with her heartbeat With his heartbeat

Their heartbeat

“I love you,” she ainst hers, feeling him lose his control and explode deep inside her

Body slick with sweat, he rested his forehead against hers and stared into her eyes “You’ll marry me?”