Her Secret Wish (17 page)
“I love you, Rachel.”
“And I love you, Dean.”
* * *
Every hour he
fell more in love with her. It was one a.m. and they sat at the kitchen table noshing on snacks. Rachel was recounting her day as she stroked Grunt.
“I think I want to fly again,” she admitted.
Dean laughed. “You’ve always wanted to fly, whether you admitted it to yourself or not. I could see that the day I picked you up from the hospital.”
She sighed, propping her head on her hand. “Yes, I think you’re right. I just didn’t want to be disappointed if it wasn’t as amazing as I remembered it. But when Jack pulled us up into the air, I got that same feeling in my gut. That same excitement.”
Her golden eyes swam with a glorious light and Dean knew he would move heaven and earth to keep that light burning. “Then I vote that we call Jack soon, just to get you back into the air.”
Rachel laughed, nodding. “That we will do. Thank you, Dean.”
He shook his head. “Don’t thank me. Just love me.”
Her eyes turned serious. “I do, completely. More than I ever thought possible. I will always be thankful it was you who stopped that day. As soon as I saw your sexy eyes everything else just faded away. I thought I had dreamed them,” she sighed. “Then you came to the hospital and I couldn’t believe it. When I look into your eyes, it’s like a different kind of flying. It makes me more complete than anything else in the world.”
She leaned over the table and he met her halfway, his throat tight with emotion. That was one of the most eloquent things he’d ever heard his former Marine say. “I love you, Rachel, and I’ll fly with you anytime.”
Grinning, she kissed him as if he were her every tomorrow. And if he had anything to say about it, he would be.
The End…
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