Someone to Love (40 page)

“Don’t apologize.” He sinks a kiss over my
lips. “I don’t mind running the bed and breakfast for now. I’ll
happily accept it as my destiny but only if it includes you.”

“For sure it includes me.” I tip into him and
bite down on a smile. “I can warm the beds at night with my
body.”

“Just mine.” A naughty grin blooms across his
gorgeous face. “You do realize that I’m going to have to arrest you
for taking off with my heart again.”

“Sounds like an incarceration is in the
works.” I gravel it out low and full of wanting. “Rumor has it you
have the capability to induce a triple play of pleasure, all in the
same night. True or not true?”

He ticks back his head, withholding a laugh.
“I think you’d better find out for yourself. Why don’t we get out
of here and put some rumors to rest.” He takes me in, and his smile
softens. “Engagement—long or short?”

“Very, very short.”

Cruise secures me over his waist and walks us
out of Alpha Sigma Phi while kissing me with a tender affection.
Bodies part like the Red Sea as we land outside under a bed of
crystalline stars.

“Move back into the house with me, Kenny”—he
closes his eyes a brief moment as if to stave off pain—“and please
don’t ever leave.”

I brush my fingers over his cheek.

When you get right down to it, Cruise Elton
was never a player. He has the face and heart of an angel, and he’s
all mine, forever.

I wrap my arms around his neck and whisper,
“Take me home.”

We press in a kiss under the magical lavender
sky.

Forever begins tonight.

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Acknowledgements

To my husband, you rock my world. No more
falling from rooftops, please.

It would be hard to have an acknowledgements
section and not thank the wonderful Amy Eye for inspiring me to
venture into this project. You save me from impending doom and
disaster time and time again. You are an angel of the highest
order. And, thank you for including Kenny and Cruise in
Christmas Lites II
. You are a doll.

Of course, I want to
profusely
thank
Sarah Joy Oaklief, who truly deserves a superhero cape. Thank you
so much for all you do! Be warned, if we ever meet up, there will
be a hug-fest.

To Heather Smiddie Robbins, thank you for
your ninja proofreading skillz. There just aren’t enough letters in
the alphabet to express how amazing you are. You really are a “Supa
Gurl.”

To my wonderful readers, you bless me every
day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your kindness
and support. I love you like family.

To Him who holds the world in the palm of His
hands—to your name be the glory, and power, and honor, forever.
Your word is manna for my hungry soul. I owe you everything.

About the Author

Addison Moore writes young adult fiction and
romance. Previously she worked as a therapist on a locked
psychiatric unit for nearly a decade. She resides on the West Coast
with her husband, four wonderful children and two dogs where she
eats too much chocolate and stays up way too late. When she's not
writing, she's reading. Addison’s Celestra Series has been optioned
for film by 20
^th
Century Fox.

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