FOREVER MINE(50)

It took him a moment to catch on to what she’d said. And then he stopped dancing. A smile shone on his face that reached his eyes. “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”

She chuckled. “Yes. I found out this morning. I was going to wait until we got home but I just had to tell you. I couldn’t hold it any longer.”

A huge smile spread across Parnell’s face and without saying anything, he took Rose’s hand and led her out of the ballroom through a set of French doors to a beautiful flower garden. Then he pulled her into his arms and kissed her, happy beyond measure that she was having his baby.

He pulled back and whispered against her moist lips. “Thank you.”

Tears of happiness filled Rose’s eyes. “No, I want to thank you. You have fulfilled all my dreams Parnell, and I love you.”

“And I love you, too, sweetheart.”

And then he was wrapping his arms around his wife and kissing her again, showing her just how much she was loved.