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Story: A Mate Betrayed
“Of course, Dad,” she replied.
“Taking good care of my girl?”he asked Daire.
“Always,” he told her father.“She’s the most precious person to me.”
His words made her father beam.
Later, they walked hand in hand toward the bungalow her father had set aside for their visit.The big moon overhead guided their path.
“I’ve something I want to tell you,” he said.
She looked up at his profile.“Am I going to like this something you have to tell me?”
He smiled down at her.“I hope.”
“Okay, hit me.”
He stopped walking and pulled her around to face him.He brought her flush against his body and wrapped his arms around her.
“When we first met, I had no interest in a long-term relationship.My last one didn’t end so well.But I was smitten with you the first time I saw you.”
“Smitten?”
“Smitten, and hopefully bitten.”He got down on one knee and pulled a small box from his pocket.“Would you, my beautiful Kinleigh, honor me by agreeing to be my wife?”
Tears welled up in her eyes.“Yes.”
Happiness radiated from him.“Thank the High Luna.I don’t know what I would’ve done if you said no.”
“No chance of that.”She cupped his face.“I love you, Daire Nolin.”
“And I am so in love with you, Kinleigh Shire.”
Then he kissed her under the radiant moonlight.
The End
“Taking good care of my girl?”he asked Daire.
“Always,” he told her father.“She’s the most precious person to me.”
His words made her father beam.
Later, they walked hand in hand toward the bungalow her father had set aside for their visit.The big moon overhead guided their path.
“I’ve something I want to tell you,” he said.
She looked up at his profile.“Am I going to like this something you have to tell me?”
He smiled down at her.“I hope.”
“Okay, hit me.”
He stopped walking and pulled her around to face him.He brought her flush against his body and wrapped his arms around her.
“When we first met, I had no interest in a long-term relationship.My last one didn’t end so well.But I was smitten with you the first time I saw you.”
“Smitten?”
“Smitten, and hopefully bitten.”He got down on one knee and pulled a small box from his pocket.“Would you, my beautiful Kinleigh, honor me by agreeing to be my wife?”
Tears welled up in her eyes.“Yes.”
Happiness radiated from him.“Thank the High Luna.I don’t know what I would’ve done if you said no.”
“No chance of that.”She cupped his face.“I love you, Daire Nolin.”
“And I am so in love with you, Kinleigh Shire.”
Then he kissed her under the radiant moonlight.
The End