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know, but it warms a cowboy's heart to know that you feel
as I do."
    His kiss was sweet, his embrace tender. The flurry of I love you's
made the moment complete. Bruce pulled her as close to him as
possible, the weight of his body and the muscles on his brawny arms
practically crushing her.
    "So where would you like to go from here Ms. Walker?"
    "That is a good question," she said, speaking partially to
herself. It was a question that warranted a second to think. Kate
wanted to ask Bruce the same, but one never answered a question with
another question.
    "I never saw relationships as the type of thing where you would
have to think too hard about what would come next. It is the kind of
process that moves on at its own pace, and I'm learning that pace is
present whether the participants are ready or not."
    Bruce raised a brow at her response, but did not speak.
    "So I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm prepared to let
this go, let us go where it may. I'm going to just trust in love, and
trust that love will guide us where we need to go."
    He kissed her forehead. "Trusting in love it is."
    *****
    Waking up next to Bruce was felt exhilarating. She loved the fact
that he held her in their sleep, never letting them be too far apart.
Under his protective embrace was where she felt safest. Sunlight
streamed in the bedroom window. Stretching, she had no choice but to
wake up when the sun filled the room.
    "You are gorgeous when you wake up."
    She could not help but smile. It was nice that they had settled in to
a comfortable rhythm with one another. Kate was coming to know what
to expect from Bruce. He would wake up next to her, dote on her, cook
breakfast for the two of them, and then they would be off to start
their days.
    Kate rolled over, only to see a tiny box resting on the beside
dresser next to her.
    "More presents?"
    Bruce nodded. "Take a look."
    "Promise me one thing first."
    "What is that?"
    "That you will not get tired of giving me so many presents and
surprises."
    Bruce jokingly looked around the room. "Hmm, let me think."
    "Stop it," she chuckled.
    Bruce nodded toward the box. "Open it."
    She leaned over, taking the box in her hands. It was flat and red,
tied with a soft white bow. Kate contemplated what could possibly be
in the box, but she was not sure. Flinging the top off, she opened it
to find two rectangular cards.
    "What is this?" Her question was rhetorical.
    "Plane tickets."
    She examined it for closely. Two tickets to Paris, France. Kate
opened her mouth to speak, but did not know what to say.
    "Seriously?"
    Bruce shrugged. "I thought that maybe we could go back and take
the time to really enjoy ourselves. You were working so hard and all
we had time to do was steal a few moments here and there. It would be
great if we got the opportunity to go back and really see the city
and spend a bit of time with one another."
    "This is fantastic. I guess I have to just rearrange a few
things on my schedule."
    "Already done."
    "What?"
    Bruce kissed her on her soft, full lips. "I called Amelia and
she rearranged your schedule so that you could have the week off. On
top of that, Linda is going to keep the ship afloat while you are
gone. Everything is in line and you don't have to worry about
anything."
    "I can't believe it." Kate clasped her hands in excitement.
    "I can't either. You know, I fully expected you to say that you
had a hectic work schedule and that we should plan this for another
time."
    Kate placed the top on the box and slid it in her nightstand drawer
for safe keeping.
    "I told you that from now on, things will be different. I know
what I have in you and I don't want to lose that."
    "Sounds sexy."
    Kate tenderly returned the kiss, biting on Bruce's bottom lip. "You
could not possibly want to stay in bed all morning since we have a
flight out tonight?"
    "That, my love, is exactly what I wanted to hear."

Chapter 4
    For the first time, Kate happily packed and readied herself for an
adventure. She had never