Borrowed Dreams: A Novel by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Retail, Women, Sagas, Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014-02-25T05:39:51+00:00

Chapter Eight

Brand blinked twice and then straightened. Carly watched as his face mirrored his confusion. “What did you say?”

“You did ask me to marry you, didn’t you?” For a fearful instant, she feared she’d been wrong. “And, by heavens, you’d better not have changed your mind. Not after all the soul-searching I went through to reach a decision.”

“I haven’t changed my mind.” An intense look darkened his eyes, and a muscle worked along the side of his jaw as his stared at her as though seeing her for the first time. He looked as if he couldn’t quite believe her. “Let’s get out of here.” He jerked her suitcase from the carousel at the baggage-claim area and ushered her out of the airport terminal.

Brand didn’t say another word until they were inside her apartment. “Now, would you care to repeat yourself?”

“I said I’d marry you.”

An incredulous light brightened his eyes as the beginnings of a smile spread across his mouth. “You mean it?”

“Of course I do.” Carly smiled softly as she reached out and traced the outline of his lips with the tip of her index finger.

Brand pulled her into his arms. Crushed against him, Carly opened her mouth to his probing kiss, reveling in the passion she felt in him. Again and again his lips ravaged hers as if he couldn’t get enough of her.

“I won’t let you change your mind,” he whispered against her temple. “Not now. Not ever.”

Weak with longing, Carly pressed light kisses on his eyelids, his cheek, and his jaw. “I’m not going to back out. I only pray that we’re doing the right thing.”

“We are.” His arms tightened around her waist. “I know it in my heart.”

He kissed her again with a gentleness that stirred her. She was doing the right thing. Yes, she was afraid, and there were many fears yet to face, but Diana was right. If Carly walked away from Brand and his children she would be turning away from the best thing that had ever happened to her. The choice was clear—either marry Brand or lose him forever.

Brand inhaled deeply and took a step back. His hands settled on either side of her face as his eyes met hers. “We’ll get the blood test tomorrow.”

Carly nodded.

“And be married by Friday.”

Her lashes fluttered down. Everything was happening so fast. Clearly, Brand feared she’d have second thoughts. “Okay,” she agreed, but her voice wobbled.

His warm breath fanned her face an instant before he covered her mouth with his. Carly dug her fingers into his shoulders, unaccustomed to the sensations that he was arousing within her. Her lovemaking experience was limited, but Brand wasn’t aware of that. He would learn of her inexperience soon enough.

She wound her arms around his neck and buried her face in his throat, kissing him with a compulsion she couldn’t define. All she knew was that she wanted to be closer to him.

“Carly,” he said, and groaned.

He kissed her with driving urgency, setting her down on the sofa and pressing her back so that she was lying flat.

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