Harlequin - Jennifer Greene (21 page)

In the upstairs bathroom, they toweled off and then sprinted for her bed, diving under her down comforter until they warmed up again. Then he leaned back against the pillows, pulling her onto his chest, while he looked around.

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“That’s what I couldn’t wait to find out. What color your bedroom would be, because of all the colors you used downstairs.” He shook his head in surprise.

“I didn’t have a lot of money to decorate when I moved here. And what money I did have, I needed to use on the downstairs where clients could see—”

“And that’s why you chose white up here?”

She looked around at the familiar furnishings—the down comforter and rug, the painted dresser and giant wicker rocker and antique bench. “I didn’t want virgin white,” she said honestly. “Or bridal white.

But when I came here, I kind of wanted blank-slate white. Because that’s what I was trying to do when I moved here. Start over. Figure out who I was all over again. Start with a blank slate, if I could.”

He scooched down, so they were face-to-face on the same pillow. “Would you consider putting a marriage date down on that slate, red?”

Her heart stopped, then came damn close to bursting.

“Don’t say no,” he insisted. “Hear me out. I want to build that home for us. For us—and for any kids we might want to add along the way. I know I’m unemployed and don’t look like such a great bet right now.

But I’ve got a good slug of savings put away. And I’ll start some real-work teaching next fall.”

Damn the man, but if he didn’t force her to kiss him again. Softly. On the temple and cheek and chin.

She had to kiss him. Softly. On the temple and cheek. “I’m glad,” she whispered.

“You knew I’d go back to teaching.”

“I know you adore kids. But I didn’t know if you’d realized you were healing.”

“I wasn’t. Until I met you. You healed me, Phoebe. But it scared the hell out of me when I realized you were hurting, too. And I had no idea how to be the healer for you.”

“Fox.”

“What?”

“Love’s what heals.” Since she’d kissed his one cheek, she had to kiss the other. Beneath the covers, he was starting to perk up again. Oh, this man was going to be trouble for a long, long time. “Love’s what’s always going to heal,” she whispered.

“Does that mean—”

“It means, yes, I love you. From my heart. With my heart.”

“And does it mean—”

“Yes. Yes. Yes.”

He stopped asking questions. That seemed to cover it all.

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