could possibly dream of"
"I've already asked you too many times." He cupped the back of her head
in his hand. "How's this?" The kiss was soft, gentle, and promising.
"No one's ever going to love you more than I do. I only want a lifetime
to prove it."
"That's good." She blinked back a film of tears. "That's very good."
Taking the ring from the box, she studied it. "Why three circles?" she
asked, running a fingertip around the trio of linked diamond spheres.
"One's your life, one's mine." He took it from her and slipped it onto
her finger. "And one's the life we'll make together. We've been
connected for a long time."
She nodded, then looking up, reached out to him. "I want to start on
that third circle, Michael. Right away."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR,
NORA ROBERTS was the first writer to be inducted into the Romance
Writers of America Hall of Fame. The New York Times bestselling author
of such novels as Montana Sky and Divine Evil, she has become one of
today's most successful and best-loved writers. Nora Roberts lives with
her family in Maryland.