Wanted by Her Lost Love

were all right. I made all sorts of excuses for hiringsomeone to find you but the truth was that I couldn’tlive without you.”She smiled and leaned her forehead against his.“Do you think maybe we can stop beating ourselvesup over things we can’t change and make a pact tolove each other for the rest of our lives and be happyfor every day of them?”He slid his hands over her arms, up to her neck tocup her face again. “Yeah,” he breathed. “I can dothat.”He pulled away, smiling, his eyes raw withemotion. “Marry me, Kell. Right away. I don’t want towait even a day. Marry me here on our beach. Justyou and me and our baby.”“Our beach,” she said softly. “I love the sound ofthat. And yes, I’ll marry you. Today, tomorrow,forever.”For the longest time they sat there on the stepsleading to their beach. A beach where they’d raisetheir children. Where they’d laugh and love andremember how they’d pledged their love and madevows to stay together through all the trials that lifethrew at them.