I'm Yours Only, Sophie J Brain [i am malala young readers edition txt] 📗

there was something else in her eyes. Something bright and sparkling that took his breath away. He had never seen her look so happy before.

“It’s good to see you” she smiled.

He nodded, unable to find the words he needed. Something about her was so enchanting and it was taking his breath away. He had a thousand things to say to her but had no idea where to start.

“How have you been?” he asked.

“I saw Boris today” she replied “it went better than I expected. He seems to agree that we weren’t really right for each other, I’m so glad that I ended things before we were actually married, now we can both focus on finding who we should be with.”

Something about her words, so sure and self-confident, elevated his heart. He could see in her eyes that she knew who and what she wanted.

“I went home and started looking through all my things” she continued “I had stuff that I had completely forgotten about.”

“That must have been nice for you” he murmured.

She nodded “I found somethings from when we were seeing each other, you know, before.”

“Oh?” he asked.

“It made me realise what I really want” she smiled “I realised that I don’t want to date you.”

Chris felt his heart twist and he suddenly got a pain in his chest. How could he have been so wrong? He was certain that she felt the same way as he did and now he had been made to look like a fool. He stood up “I had better go.”

She blinked in confusion then stood up quickly “Oh, no, you don’t understand.”

He nodded “I understand perfectly.”

Nicky let out a sigh of frustration, she had completely blundered again “please let me explain.”

“You don’t need to explain” he said quickly, as he began to walk out of the pub. He needed to be away from her and away from his own embarrassment. He had gone there intending to declare his love for her and she had stomped all over it.

“Chris, wait.” She called from behind him “let me finish what I was saying.”

“I don’t need to hear anymore.” He shouted back.

“Oh, for God’s sake” she bellowed “I love you!”

He stopped and turned around, just in time to see her stop in front of him. She took a moment to get her breath back, he had been walking fast and she had never been too fit.

“You love me?” he asked, desperate to make sure he heard her correctly.

“Yes, I love you” she replied “I loved you four years ago and I love you know. I am in love with you.”

He shook his head and pointed to the pub “but I don’t understand, you said-”

She winced “I said it wrong; I meant I don’t just want to date you, I want to marry you.”

He blinked “you what?”

“We are past the dating stage” she answered “I don’t want to spend hours in a pub with you trying to work out if we will suit. I have known we were meant for each other since the moment we met so why bother dating? Will you marry me?”

Chris looked at her and smiled. In that moment he saw his heart in her eyes and his soul in her smile and he knew there was only one answer he could give her. “Yes, I will marry you.”

He took her in his arms and they kissed for longest minute and once they were finished they both laughed. After four years they had managed to find the happiness they needed in each other and Chris would hold on to it forever.

 

 

 

Epilogue

Twelve months later

 

Nicky picked at her dress impatiently. It was nearly time for the best day of her life and she could hardly wait. Twelve months of planning and she still felt like there was something she had forgotten.

Since that wonderful moment when she had told Chris how she felt everything had been smooth sailing. With Boris she had been left to plan everything on her own, something she had particularly liked, but Chris had taken an active hand in the wedding arrangements.

Her parent’s had been shocked when she announced that she was engaged again, less than a week after walking out of her wedding, but after meeting Chris they had given their blessing. El had been overjoyed too but had insisted that they wait until after her and Greg’s wedding before getting married. They had done but only just, El and Greg had been married for only a month.

Nicky glanced up at the clock, ten to two, and felt her heart beat a bit faster. Soon she would stop being Nicola Bennett of Crowmarsh and become Nicola Williams of Didcot.

Chris had told her that he wanted to move back to Didcot the night they had got engaged. She had been unsure at first but then she realised the move would be the fresh start that she needed. They had found a house together, quite close to his sister, and were moving in after the honeymoon.

There was a knock on the door and her father entered the room “You ready Nicky?”

She nodded “as ready as I will ever be.”

“You won’t run out of this one?” he joked.

She smiled “no chance. This is what I want, and what I have always wanted. I’m not letting him get away again.”

 

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Text: Sophie J Brian
Publication Date: 05-01-2017

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