His Frozen Heart (41 page)

His head still rested on my shoulder
when he confessed, “But I don’t want to be your roommate or your
boyfriend anymore.” My heart stopped. My fingers froze where they
were. My whole body tensed. When he saw my reaction, he quickly
added, “Shit. I don’t want to break-up with you,
either.”

Defensively, I let my hands that had
been pulling him toward me go limp. I didn’t respond. I couldn’t.
What was he saying? I knew we had fast-tracked our relationship.
Was it too much, too soon? I had opened my heart so completely that
the thought of him pulling away now would shred me. He took my limp
hands in his, looked directly into my eyes and confessed, “I want
this to be permanent.”

Permanent what? “What are you
saying?”

“
I’m saying I didn’t know
how lonely I was until you came into my life. Before you I had a
frozen heart, and you were like a nitro charge. I never wanted a
big life. I never hoped for anything more than surviving. You’ve
changed everything. You’ve owned me since before I had this heart
drawn on my chest. I’m saying I want to own you the same
way.”

Confused, I still didn’t
know what he was saying, but at least I was sure he wasn’t breaking
up with me. “You want me to get your name tattooed on
my
chest?”

Dave’s serious expression transformed
to a smile as he eased down in front of me onto one knee, “I’m
saying I want you to be my wife.” He produced a diamond solitaire
in a platinum setting. The design was simply elegant, the diamond
dazzling, and his proposal took my breath away.

It had only been two months, was this
too soon? I loved him. I craved quiet moments alone and relished
waking up in his arms each morning. My sister’s warning played in
my head about relationships fizzling out when they were based on
intense circumstances. What did Kim know? She’d never known Dave.
She had never thawed a man’s heart. Holding out my hand to him, I
said, “Yes.”

He slid the ring on my
finger.

I hope you enjoyed His Frozen Heart!
This is the first book in my Brewer Brothers Series. The second
book, Fractured Karma, is available for pre-sale now. If you
enjoyed my writing, I would love for you to check out my other
books.

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