Could it be true? Did he love her too? She was having a hard time believing it. Was she hallucinating? What meds did they have her on?
“I told myself you were off-limits because you were Jory’s sister but, really, I was just scared. I’ve already lost my entire family. I didn’t want to take the risk and lose you, too, but when I saw Doc’s place, the flames shooting into the sky… Phoenix said you were in there still. I knew in that moment that I lovedyou and I’d wasted all this time fighting it. I made a promise to myself that if I got you out, I wouldn’t waste any more time.”
He glanced around again. “I can’t make it happen like I imagined, but I’m not going to waste any more time. Picture me down on one knee with a ring in my hand.” He reached over and took her hand. “Hazel Kincaid, will you marry me?”
She closed her eyes slowly. Whatever meds they had her on, she did not want to wake up. Not ever. She smiled and opened her eyes. “Yes, Aiden Wolfe, I will marry you.”
He got up on his one good leg and leaned down and kissed her hard on the mouth. She caught him around the neck and deepened the kiss. When her heart monitor started beeping quickly, she broke off the kiss. “If we keep going, the nurses will come flying in here, thinking I’m having a heart attack.”
“Wouldn’t be the first time we got caught.” He grinned, then leaned over and kissed her again.
The End
