“You had a problem and you fixed it. What’s there to worry about now?” He wrapped his arms around her in a possessive hug. It was tender, but it said everything else that needed to be said. He pulled back only when she spoke once more.
“There is one more thing, though…”
“We can deal with it. Whatever it is.”
“It’s my children. They’re always going to come first, Raul, and that’s something you’ll have to deal with. First, in this case, means I’m going back to the States to fight for them. Nothing else matters to me until I get that straightened out.” Her fingers tightened on his arm. “Can you wait?”
“I’ll go back with you,” he said instantly. “I may not hold a license anymore, but I am still an attorney. I could help you, if you like…if you’ll let me.”
Emma’s eyes filled with tears. They spilled down her cheeks, and Raul reached over to wipe them away with his thumb. His offer was exactly what she’d hoped for when she’d been talking to Todd, but she couldn’t have asked-he had to volunteer, just as he had.
“You’d do that for me?” she asked.
“I’d do anything for you, Emma. You should know that by now.”
She nodded weakly.
“But you have to do something in return for me.”
She lifted her brimming eyes to his and gripped his hands. “Anything. You name it and it’s yours.”
“Marry me,” he said quietly. “Be my wife. Have my children. Give me a life and love me forever.”
She didn’t speak, but she didn’t need to. She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. The kiss was as soft and as sweet as the first time they’d come together. In its healing warmth, their past faded, then disappeared, the pain nothing more than ashes, the hurt forgiven. The future rose before them.
Kay David
Kay David is the author of over thirty romantic suspense novels with 2.8 million copies sold. Her childhood was spent on the Gulf Coast of Texas where she grew up in a family of book lovers. Earning a BA degree in English Literature, an MA in Behavioral Sciences and a second BA in Information Systems, all from the University of Houston in Clear Lake City, she has enjoyed various careers including computer programming at NASA, custom home building and working in the oil and gas industry. Writing is her full time job now.
Kay and her husband have lived extensively outside of the United States. Spending time in such diverse countries as the United Arab Emirates, Argentina and Bolivia has made her appreciate America all the more while allowing her to add intimate details to her books of the exotic settings she knows firsthand. She enjoys traveling with her husband, especially when their adventures take them to faraway places like Bangkok, Singapore and Ho Chi Mien City.
Splitting her time between Texas and Florida, Kay and her spouse share their home with their two Bengal cats, Jake and Elwood.
