Charmed By You ((Destiny Bay Romances-The Islanders 5)) (23 page)

She winced. “And I wasn’t exactly enthusiastic in my praise, was I?”

He chuckled lightly. “You will be when I promise it will be spider-proof.”

She grinned. “That’s definitely important,” she agreed.
“So, in order to get me here, you pretended not to receive
the papers on the house.”

He nodded. “And alerted Gary Smith that he might be hired to bring you down here, paying him a nice little bonus to be sure to get his plane out of here the minute your back was turned.”

She laughed with delight. “You did that? And I suppose you had Dede take the papers with her?”

“No, not really. I did put the papers with the penicillin
and hoped for the best, but Dede didn’t know her part in it all.”

“Mitch, Mitch.” She rushed back into his arms, holding
on as though afraid to lose him. “Tell me it’s really true. Tell me you want me.”

He nuzzled the hollow of her neck with his warm
face. “I want you, Heather. I love you. I’ve never stopped
loving you from the first day I saw you in that anatomy class. And I never will.”

She sighed, happiness washing over her like a wave
of golden water. “Never, never,” she whispered in agree
ment as his lips caressed the tender area behind her ear, coaxing out the trembling passion that hid so near the
surface. This time, she thought before she let the current of his love carry her beyond thinking, this time it would
work. This time they knew one another as they never
had before. This time they would keep strong the bond
that would tie them, one to the other,
forever.

They planned to keep everything low-key. They argued over whether or not to actually have another wedding, then planned a quick, private exchange of vows in front of the local notary public, the only official they could think of. But as the others got wind of their plans, things began to snowball and before she knew what was happening, it was out of her control. Mele was planning a huge feast and DeDe was organizing flower girls to dance and sing during the reception and Kevin was working with Danny to write them a wedding theme song and Heather found herself picking out a lacy wedding dress to be flown in from Guam. Somehow, the local priest got involved, promising a touching ceremony on the cliff overlooking the ocean, right where Mitch was building his house. Then word came that Mitch’s brothers and sister wanted to come, then a couple of the cousins, too.
 

“Your whole family is coming,” she wailed to him as they got more news from Hawaii.
 

He looked at her, slightly worried. “Are you going to invite yours?” he asked.

She thought about it for a moment, then shook her head. “Not this time,” she said, realizing that the way her people had undermined Mitch had been a big part of the problem with their marriage. “They had their chance. Now I guess we’ll see how your crew handles things.”

He looked relieved. “Okay.” He touched her chin, gently raising her face to his so that he could kiss her. “But I won’t stand in your way if you decide to invite them,” he said. “Even Trevor. We can deal with it.”

They could deal with it. That was their new motto. She smiled at him lovingly and knew this was going to make all the difference. This time, the wedding would work and the marriage would take hold and they would get what they deserved—their great big wonderful “happily ever after”.
 

Yup--they could deal with it.
 

The End

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Book 6-Not the Marrying Kind 

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