Quiet Types, page 31
Maggie Lydon, I signed, would you do me the honour of becoming my wife?
I pulled the small velvet box from my pocket and handed it to her. Wordlessly, she took it and opened it. She stared at the ring, and I had no idea what was going through her head, but I was sweating buckets as I waited for her response. Finally, with glassy eyes, she closed the box and signed, Of course, I’ll marry you. Yes.
Standing, I pulled her into my arms and kissed her with all I was worth, still reeling she’d said yes. We broke apart, and I took the box from her to remove the ring. We caught a few curious looks from nearby beachgoers, but I blocked them out. The moment was ours and ours alone. Mine and Maggie’s.
I slid the ring on her finger just as someone exclaimed, “Oh my God! Is that what I think it is?”
Vivi stood in her swimsuit with a towel around her shoulders, her hands on her cheeks as a smile spread wide across her face. Maggie turned to her and nodded. Vivi squealed in delight and threw her arms around Maggie in a hug.
“Promise me I can be bridesmaid,” she begged. “I’ve always wanted to be a bridesmaid.”
“I want to be a bridesmaid, too,” Shelly said, arriving out of the sea, her hair in wet, sandy tangles down her back.
“You can both be bridesmaids, I promise,” Maggie said with a chuckle as her eyes met mine. They were full of love and surprise and happiness. She hadn’t been expecting me to propose, but that just made it all the sweeter.
“What’s this about bridesmaids?” Robbie asked as he and Eamonn reached us.
“Shay just asked me to marry him,” Maggie said, showing them her ring.
“Oh, score! I’ve never been to a wedding,” Robbie said. “Do I get to wear a suit? Does this make Shay my uncle now?”
“More like brother-in-law,” Maggie corrected with a fond smile as she ruffled his damp hair. “And yes, you can wear a suit. I think you’ll look well in one.”
The children began chattering excitedly about the wedding while I pulled Maggie back to me, whispering my lips over hers as I signed a secret message.
Just wait until I get you alone tonight, wife.
It’s fiancée, she signed back. But I’ll let you call me wife early so long as I get to call you husband.
I can agree to that deal, I replied as I pulled her back down onto the towels, so we could enjoy the last of the day’s sun. There on the beach, with Maggie in my arms, it was the happiest and most contented I’d been in a very long time.
With some luck, I’d have many, many more days like that with my beautiful, soon-to-be wife by my side.
End.
Coming Next!
Quiet Longing is book #2 in L.H. Cosway’s Quiet Love Series and tells the story of Rhys & Charli. Visit L.H. Cosway’s website to find out how to become a patron and be the first to read this story in weekly episodes!
BLURB:
When she agreed to spend her last summer before college at her cousins’ house in Ireland, Charli Moretti never expected to meet anyone like Rhys Doyle. He was the first boy to ever make her heart flutter, and though their lives followed different paths after that fateful summer, she always remembered him as her first everything.
Almost fifteen years later, after a tumultuous divorce, Charli is returning to Ireland a shell of the woman she once was. Life has tried to break her many times over, and now all she wants is a fresh start and an even keel. She’ll be working as an accountant at her uncle’s hotel, but what she doesn’t know is that Rhys Doyle works there, too. He’s the head of security, in fact, and he’s no longer the teenage boy she once knew.
With the rumours flying around that he and his fiancée just broke off their engagement, Charli decides it’s best to give Rhys his space. She knows personally how hard it can be when a relationship ends. The problem is, she can’t seem to stop running into him, and the more she gets to know the man he’s become the more those old feelings start to return.
Tropes & Themes:
~Second chance~
~Workplace romance~
~Protector hero~
~Summer fling~
~Banter~
~Overweight hero~
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Meet the Author
Greetings! ‘Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is L.H. Cosway and I wrote the book you just read. I hail from Dublin, Ireland, and my favourite things in life include daydreaming about fictional characters, looking at dresses online that I’ll never buy, having entire conversations with my dogs, listening to podcasts and of course, reading books. I happen to believe that imperfect people are the most interesting kind. They tell the best stories.
Here’s my website where you can sign-up for my monthly newsletter and find various and sundry information about me and my books: www.lhcoswayauthor.com
Want to chat about my stories with like-minded readers or pick my brain? You can join my reader group HERE.
You can also follow me on Facebook or Instagram.
Books by L.H. Cosway
Contemporary Romance Standalones
Painted Faces
Killer Queen
The Nature of Cruelty
Still Life with Strings
Showmance
Fauxmance
Happy-Go-Lucky
Beyond the Sea
Sidequest for Love
The Cracks Duet
A Crack in Everything (#1)
How the Light Gets In (#2)
It Had To Be You: A Cracks Novella (#3)
The Hearts Series
Six of Hearts (#1)
Hearts of Fire (#2)
King of Hearts (#3)
Hearts of Blue (#4)
Thief of Hearts (#5)
Cross My Heart (#5.75)
Hearts on Air (#6)
The Running on Air Series
Air Kiss (#0.5)
Off the Air (#1)
Something in the Air (#2)
The Quiet Love Series
Quiet Types (#1)
The Rugby Series with Penny Reid
The Hooker & the Hermit (#1)
The Player & the Pixie (#2)
The Cad & the Co-ed (#3)
The Varlet & the Voyeur (#4)
The Blood Magic Series
Nightfall (#1)
Moonglow (#2)
Witching Hour (#3)
Sunlight (#4)
The Blood Prophecy Series
Foretold: A St. Bastian Institute Novel (#1)
Thorns: A Prison of Thorns Novel (#2)
Blaze: An Oreylia Novel (#3)
L.H. Cosway, Quiet Types
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I pulled the small velvet box from my pocket and handed it to her. Wordlessly, she took it and opened it. She stared at the ring, and I had no idea what was going through her head, but I was sweating buckets as I waited for her response. Finally, with glassy eyes, she closed the box and signed, Of course, I’ll marry you. Yes.
Standing, I pulled her into my arms and kissed her with all I was worth, still reeling she’d said yes. We broke apart, and I took the box from her to remove the ring. We caught a few curious looks from nearby beachgoers, but I blocked them out. The moment was ours and ours alone. Mine and Maggie’s.
I slid the ring on her finger just as someone exclaimed, “Oh my God! Is that what I think it is?”
Vivi stood in her swimsuit with a towel around her shoulders, her hands on her cheeks as a smile spread wide across her face. Maggie turned to her and nodded. Vivi squealed in delight and threw her arms around Maggie in a hug.
“Promise me I can be bridesmaid,” she begged. “I’ve always wanted to be a bridesmaid.”
“I want to be a bridesmaid, too,” Shelly said, arriving out of the sea, her hair in wet, sandy tangles down her back.
“You can both be bridesmaids, I promise,” Maggie said with a chuckle as her eyes met mine. They were full of love and surprise and happiness. She hadn’t been expecting me to propose, but that just made it all the sweeter.
“What’s this about bridesmaids?” Robbie asked as he and Eamonn reached us.
“Shay just asked me to marry him,” Maggie said, showing them her ring.
“Oh, score! I’ve never been to a wedding,” Robbie said. “Do I get to wear a suit? Does this make Shay my uncle now?”
“More like brother-in-law,” Maggie corrected with a fond smile as she ruffled his damp hair. “And yes, you can wear a suit. I think you’ll look well in one.”
The children began chattering excitedly about the wedding while I pulled Maggie back to me, whispering my lips over hers as I signed a secret message.
Just wait until I get you alone tonight, wife.
It’s fiancée, she signed back. But I’ll let you call me wife early so long as I get to call you husband.
I can agree to that deal, I replied as I pulled her back down onto the towels, so we could enjoy the last of the day’s sun. There on the beach, with Maggie in my arms, it was the happiest and most contented I’d been in a very long time.
With some luck, I’d have many, many more days like that with my beautiful, soon-to-be wife by my side.
End.
Coming Next!
Quiet Longing is book #2 in L.H. Cosway’s Quiet Love Series and tells the story of Rhys & Charli. Visit L.H. Cosway’s website to find out how to become a patron and be the first to read this story in weekly episodes!
BLURB:
When she agreed to spend her last summer before college at her cousins’ house in Ireland, Charli Moretti never expected to meet anyone like Rhys Doyle. He was the first boy to ever make her heart flutter, and though their lives followed different paths after that fateful summer, she always remembered him as her first everything.
Almost fifteen years later, after a tumultuous divorce, Charli is returning to Ireland a shell of the woman she once was. Life has tried to break her many times over, and now all she wants is a fresh start and an even keel. She’ll be working as an accountant at her uncle’s hotel, but what she doesn’t know is that Rhys Doyle works there, too. He’s the head of security, in fact, and he’s no longer the teenage boy she once knew.
With the rumours flying around that he and his fiancée just broke off their engagement, Charli decides it’s best to give Rhys his space. She knows personally how hard it can be when a relationship ends. The problem is, she can’t seem to stop running into him, and the more she gets to know the man he’s become the more those old feelings start to return.
Tropes & Themes:
~Second chance~
~Workplace romance~
~Protector hero~
~Summer fling~
~Banter~
~Overweight hero~
Add Quiet Longing on Goodreads
lhcoswayauthor.com
Meet the Author
Greetings! ‘Tis a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is L.H. Cosway and I wrote the book you just read. I hail from Dublin, Ireland, and my favourite things in life include daydreaming about fictional characters, looking at dresses online that I’ll never buy, having entire conversations with my dogs, listening to podcasts and of course, reading books. I happen to believe that imperfect people are the most interesting kind. They tell the best stories.
Here’s my website where you can sign-up for my monthly newsletter and find various and sundry information about me and my books: www.lhcoswayauthor.com
Want to chat about my stories with like-minded readers or pick my brain? You can join my reader group HERE.
You can also follow me on Facebook or Instagram.
Books by L.H. Cosway
Contemporary Romance Standalones
Painted Faces
Killer Queen
The Nature of Cruelty
Still Life with Strings
Showmance
Fauxmance
Happy-Go-Lucky
Beyond the Sea
Sidequest for Love
The Cracks Duet
A Crack in Everything (#1)
How the Light Gets In (#2)
It Had To Be You: A Cracks Novella (#3)
The Hearts Series
Six of Hearts (#1)
Hearts of Fire (#2)
King of Hearts (#3)
Hearts of Blue (#4)
Thief of Hearts (#5)
Cross My Heart (#5.75)
Hearts on Air (#6)
The Running on Air Series
Air Kiss (#0.5)
Off the Air (#1)
Something in the Air (#2)
The Quiet Love Series
Quiet Types (#1)
The Rugby Series with Penny Reid
The Hooker & the Hermit (#1)
The Player & the Pixie (#2)
The Cad & the Co-ed (#3)
The Varlet & the Voyeur (#4)
The Blood Magic Series
Nightfall (#1)
Moonglow (#2)
Witching Hour (#3)
Sunlight (#4)
The Blood Prophecy Series
Foretold: A St. Bastian Institute Novel (#1)
Thorns: A Prison of Thorns Novel (#2)
Blaze: An Oreylia Novel (#3)
L.H. Cosway, Quiet Types
