See Megan Run Page 17

  Just in case she was real, he opened the door and stepped out. He tossed the radar gun onto the seat and crossed his arms. He’d play it cool, because beneath the heartache he was pissed. She’d left him. Again. The knowledge didn’t stop his pulse from racing. He was sick in the heart and in the head. Seeming to not have a care in the world, she leaned against his car.

  "Officer Blake."

  "You were doing a hundred."

  The corner of her mouth twitched. He ignored the impulse to taste it. "Really."

  "I’m going to have to arrest you."

  The smirk stayed. "I forgot something. I was kind of in a hurry to get here."

  "You have the right to remain silent." He reached for her wrist and slapped his cuffs on it. "Anything you say..."

  Megan sighed. "God, you are as bad as I am." She sucked in a breath and then let it out slowly. "I love you."

  The words stopped him. She’d never said it. Even when they were young those words had never crossed her lips. He’d known she loved him, but it wasn’t the same as hearing her say it. Shep could have hit him a million more times and it wouldn’t have left him as dumbfounded as hearing Megan say she loved him. His hand let go of the cuffs. The best thing he could think of was, "What?"

  "I…love…you." She spaced the words out. "Brace yourself. I’m going to make some promises to you. It may only happen once or twice, depending."

  She took another step toward him. "I’m going to buy the empty shop on Third Street, and I’ll travel to the main shop sometimes, but I won’t really have to. Lynne is going to take over there. She was really ecstatic when I told her. That’s neither here nor there. What’s that saying?" She squinted her eyes beneath her bangs. "Ah, yes, home is where the heart is. You’re here. This is home. So?"

  He reached for the other end of the cuffs. He smiled when her eyes widened. He slapped it over his wrist. "Say it again."

  "Cocky, now, aren’t you?"

  "Say it again."

  She glanced down at their hands cuffed together. "You do have a key for this?" He narrowed his eyes. "Not romantic at all, are you?" She smiled. "Okay, I love—"

  He didn’t let her finish. He pulled her to him and kissed her until he heard the sound he’d needed to hear for the past seven days. She sighed and moaned at the same time.

  "A good thing I’ve always loved you."

  She placed a hand over his heart. "I know." She kissed him back before saying, "Seriously, do you have a key for this?"

  He chuckled, then pulled her against the car. She melded into him, feeling right, as if she were meant to be his. "I might have a key." And because he knew she was his, forever, he kissed her again. He wasn’t about to let Megan run. Again. Nope, not this time.

  Bio

  Melissa Blue’s writing career started on a typewriter one month after her son was born. This would have been an idyllic situation for a writer if it had been 1985, not 2004. Eventually she upgraded to a computer. She’s still typing away on the same computer, making imaginary people fall in love.

  Other Titles by Melissa Blue

  The Sixteen Year Itch

  There is nothing worse to Morgan than Valentine's Day. Well, drooling over her long time best friend, Alan, comes a close second, but this Valentine’s things are going to be different. And maybe she just might get her sixteen year itch scratched.

  Everything You Need

  The last thing Hazel expects is to fall for an ambitious, anti-family man. Yet he sparks something that she’s believed to be dead inside of her. Brice Creed is not Prince Charming nor will he ever be, but there’s something about Hazel that stirs an unknown need with him. With something just a little supernatural about the small island, will both Brice and Hazel get everything they need…and more?