Australia: In Bed with Her Groom: Mischief and Marriage / A Marriage Betrayed / Bride of His Choice. Emma DarcyЧитать онлайн книгу.

      ‘A sense of belonging,’ she murmured.

      ‘Yes.’

      ‘That must be…comforting.’

      ‘You can share it, too, Ashley. You and William.’

      She made no reply to that. She pointed ahead. ‘There’s the house. The one where people are out on the front balcony.’

      The Rolls Royce was definitely on show, Harry thought with a flash of irony, but status symbols were totally irrelevant to what was on his mind. The driveway to the Stantons’ double garage had been left clear, and he drove the Rolls into it for Ashley’s convenience. He switched off the engine and turned to her, reaching over to take her right hand and hold it.

      She looked at him, her eyes mirroring a fearful uncertainty, but she left her hand in his, perhaps needing the comfort of the contact. Without hesitation, Harry gave her one rock-solid certainty to hang onto.

      ‘I want to marry you, Ashley. Will you think about that while you mix with your friends tonight?’

      ‘Harry…’ It was a breathless little gasp as though he’d punched the air out of her lungs. Her eyes widened wonderingly.

      ‘Don’t answer me now. I just want you to know,’ he said with quiet seriousness. To imprint it firmly on her mind, he repeated, ‘I want to marry you.’