Authors: Tina Gayle

My Best Friend's Ex (5 page)

Chapter Eleven

Lured by his seductive body to stay exactly where she was,
Brooke struggled with what to do next.

Roll off his chest, stand up and get dress?

Then what? Pick up their earlier discussion and rekindle
their argument?

A soothing hand ran along her spine and slipped over
her neck. He trapped her with his other arm, wrapping it securely around her
waist and holding her in place. “I can’t let you go. I understand if you want
to live together for a while but every day I’ll push for us to get married.”

Confused by his breakneck speed to take them from
having just gotten together to standing in front of the altar, she lifted her
head and stared into his dark brown eyes. “I don’t understand. With Janet, you
wanted to live together before you got married. She’s the one that pushed you
into getting married. Now with me, you want to go straight to marriage. Why?”

“That’s easy. Because with her, I wasn’t certain we
could make it work. With you, I know we can.” He rolled and pinned her back to
the floor.

“How can you be so sure? Do you think you can control
me?” She wanted with all her heart to believe him, but her best friend’s
warning kept ringing through her head.

He frowned. “That sounds like something Janet might
say. She always accused me of giving her orders and demanding she toe-the-line.
Maybe, unconsciously I knew she’d step over it. With you, I don’t have to
worry.”

Warmth spread through her at his confidence. “You’re
right. If we ever got married, I’d feel like the luckiest woman alive. But,
that doesn’t mean I’m willing to give up my desire to be a teacher.”

He brushed her hair off her forehead and dropped a
kiss on her brow. “I wouldn’t ask you to, but...”

A wave of unease washed through her. “What?”

“I might ask you to quit your current job and go back
to school full time.” The light in his gaze showed he was serious about the
suggestion.

“Yes, well, if I’m not paying for an apartment. I
might be able to save up enough.” She had toyed with the thought when she
considered moving in with him, but she didn’t want to become completely
dependent on him.

“Or you might let your husband support you?” He
lowered his head and nibbled on her shoulder.

Annoyed that he was trying to bribe her into falling
in with his plans, she shoved at his shoulders and rolled away from him to
stand. “I’m not agreeing to marry you just so you can support me.”

He captured her hand and didn’t let her break free. Kneeling
at her feet, he kissed her fingers while his heated gaze held her in place.
“Brooke Janson, you love me. I know you do, so please give up the fight and
marry me.”

“Garrett.” She stared into his handsome face and
fought the glimmer of hope, which bloomed in her chest. She’d dreamed of this
day for years how could she continue to tell him no?

“I know you’re struggling to believe me because I’ve
been blind for so many years. I saw you as a kid sister back in high school.
Then after college, I asked out your best friend instead of you. It’s taken me
years to see you as the girl of my dreams. And now that I do, I don’t want to
wait to make you mine.” He kissed the back of her hand and released her to
rise.

Move by his words, she lightly punched his arm. “Damn
it, Garrett. I feel as tongue-tied and confused as I did in high school.”

He wrapped his arms around her and drew her to his
sculptured chest. “I don’t know why? You know I love you. What else is there to
say except, yes?”

She took a deep breath and slowly let the air out of
her lungs. After years of wishing for a life with him, she was in the one place
she always longed to be, in his arms. “Yes.”

Lifting up onto her toes, she kissed him, sealing her
promise and relishing in the fact he was finally all hers.

Letter from
Tina

Dear Reader,

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