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was going to. Afterward, it wasn’t that I didn’t love you, I just couldn’t ask that kind of commitment of you. I didn’t know what the future would be like…” Words failed to capture the sense of loss and anguish, doubt and self-hatred he’d struggled through in those early weeks. If she’d have left, he wouldn’t have blamed her. Hell, he wanted to leave himself sometimes, but she’d kept him there.
    “Sh.” Jade kissed him briefly. “I knew you had the ring.”
    “You—what?”
    “Who do you think gets the mail, silly?” In the near darkness, her eyes danced with mischief and secrets.
    “You knew?” And she’d stayed with him. Patient. Loving. His greatest cheerleader. She’d seen him at his worst, when he wanted to pull the plug on his future, and she’d stuck with him.
    “That’s what I said.” She smoothed her hand over his cheek. “If you’d have asked me to marry you after the accident, you’d have been asking a different person than I am now. We’ve changed. We’ve gotten closer. We’ve seen the best and the worst of each other. And we’re still in love. I love you more now than I loved you then. I don’t care that you waited. All that matters is you are the man I want to spend the rest of my life jumping out of airplanes with, diving off cliffs and climbing mountains. You are my hero.”
    Philip had no words. She’d taken them all. He gathered her to his chest and hugged her tightly, burying his face in her curls and inhaling the scent of her shampoo.
    She’d waited for him. She’d been his strength when he had none. And still she loved him. It was enough to bring him to his knees, were they not lying down. To think, he’d have the rest of their lives to show her it was worth it, and every Christmas they could celebrate the blessing of new beginnings. After all, it was during the holiday season they’d met. Even his accident had brought them closer. And now, it marked the point of commitment to stand as a team, together, for all time.
    “I wonder how we’re going to beat this Christmas,” he muttered into her ear.
    Jade sputtered and laughed. “Kinky bells, kinky bells.”
    Philip leaned back, his gaze narrowed as a wicked idea came to him. “You know, I never told you to stop singing.”
    Jade grew still, her eyes round.
    Merry Christmas, indeed.

 
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    Book List
     
    Bayou Bound
    Picture Her Bound
    Duty Bound
    Bound by Her
    Bound Memories, part of the Hot Ink anthology
    Bound & Tamed, part of the Taming the Alpha set
    Other BDSM Titles
    Committed
    Bound with Pearls
    Collar Me in Paris
    So Inked
    Under His Skin
    The Harder He Falls
    His Marriage Bargain
    Good Guys Wear Black
    Hot Tango
    Line of Duty
    Standalone Titles
    Flirting with Rescue
    Personal Adventures
    Dream Vacation (free read)
    How Zombies Stole Christmas
    Anthologies
    High Octane Heroes
    Midnight Ink
    For the Love of a Soldier

 
     
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR
     
     
    It can never be said that Sidney Bristol has had a 'normal' life. She is a recovering roller derby queen, former missionary, and tattoo addict. She grew up in a motor-home on the US highways (with an occasional jaunt into Canada and Mexico), traveling the rodeo circuit with her parents. Sidney has lived abroad in both Russia and Thailand, working with children and teenagers. She now lives in Texas where she splits her time between a job she loves, writing, reading and belly dancing.
     
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