Authors: Manda Collins
Legally Yours (11 page)
“Yep.”
“But why? I thought you loved your life in
D.C.? What about the museums and the sports and the cuisine?”
“Doesn't do me much good if I'm going to be
spending my spare time in Birmingham anyway.”
“Why would you—?” She frowned. “For me? You
moved here for me?”
“Well, you and Grandmother,” he said with a
grin. “I was looking out my window at the monument and I thought,
'Why am I here when everyone I love and everyone who loves me is in
Birmingham, Alabama?'”
Julie swallowed. “Everyone you love?”
He kissed her on the mouth this time. With
all the passion and tenderness he'd been saving up in the two
months since they'd parted.
When he pulled back, they were both
breathless, and he was as hard as a poker.
“Everyone I love,” he repeated. “That
includes you.”
She shook her head. Then kissed him
again.
“Well?” he asked, against her mouth. “I'm
waiting.”
A tiny furrow appeared between her brows.
“For what?”
“Don't you have something to say to me?”
“Hmmm,” her expression turned puckish. “I
don't know. I might need some more persuasion before I'm able to
make any sort of declaration.”
He growled against her neck, feeling the
answering shiver run through her.
“Okay, okay,” she cried her laughter pressing
her breasts tightly against his chest. “I love you.”
This meant another kiss. They had to get out
of there soon, or be arrested for public indecency.
“And I love you,” Matt said. “Now get your
purse and let's get out of here. I have an appointment with a very
hot law student who needs some serious help.”
“Oh really?” she asked taking his hand. “Let
me guess. Contracts?”
“No,” he answered, opening the door so that
she could precede him out onto the sidewalk. “She's got this
list…”
THE END
Manda Collins is the author of the Ugly
Ducklings Trilogy from St. Martin's Press, a trio of Regency
Historical romances about three less than popular cousins and the
gentlemen they love. The first,
How to Dance with a Duke
spent five weeks on Nielsen Bookscan's Top 100 Romance list.
How
to Romance a Rake
, the second in the trilogy, is scheduled for
publication in August of 2012, followed by
How to Entice an
Earl
in February 2013.
Though she did work for three years as a
paralegal before returning to librarianship, the characters in
Legally Yours
are pure fiction.
Connect with Manda online:
http://www.twitter.com/MandaCollins
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I hope you enjoyed
Legally Yours!
Coming June 2012:
Legally Mine,
Book 2 in the Lawyers in
Love Trilogy by Manda Collins