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“Thank you, Jackson,”
she whispered.
    He tut-tutted at her. “Don't
thank me. Just be happy. That's all the thanks I want and need.”
    “ No one has ever been so
good to me,” she said. “You...are an angel, Jackson.
You came when I needed you...”
    “ And I won't ever
leave,” he said firmly.
    She smiled and cupped the side
of his handsome face with one hand. “It's almost like I wished
you into my life,” she mused. “I made a wish, and...”
    “ Wait.” Jackson
frowned. “You made a wish?”
    She looked away, blushing
furiously. “Yeah. It's...nothing. It's just a silly little
wish.”
    “ What did you wish for,
Harper?” Jackson asked.
    She fidgeted under his
intense, searing gaze. “I...I wished that I could meet my true
love, a man who truly loved me and my son, and we could live happily
ever after as a family.” She laughed nervously. “Now
you'll think I'm flighty and frivolous...”
    “ I don't think that at
all,” Jackson said. “Harper...you...you made the
wish...” He took a deep breath and when he looked at her
again, his green eyes were shining with profound joy and amazement.
    “ I found you,” he
whispered. “I finally found you.”
    “ You did,” she
said. “You found me in that dark place, and you saved me.”
    Jackson held Jeremy in one arm
and pulled her to his side with the other. Harper leaned against him
and slid her arm around his waist.
    Together, they stood at the
window and watched the stars twinkle and wink above them.
    Harper sighed and rested her
head on Jackson's powerful shoulder. This was a beautiful moment.
It felt so nice and so right to stand with Jackson and Jeremy and
face the world together.
    If only it wasn't just a
moment.
    But she would take strength
and courage from this moment and rebuild her life. She would build a
good, happy life for herself and her son.
    Harper gazed up at Jackson's
strong, handsome profile. Before she could stop herself, she leaned
in and kissed him softly on the lips.
    Jackson started, and his arm
tightened around her waist. He didn't release her. Instead he
pressed her closer and returned her kiss.
    His kiss was deep and
passionate, and Harper felt herself melting against him. She moaned
and shuddered with pleasure as their tongues tangled and they tasted
each other hungrily.
    The kiss seemed to go on
forever. And yet an eternity wasn't enough. Harper wanted more.
She wanted this moment, this kiss to never end.
    Finally, she gasped and came
up for air. Her whole body was tingling and trembling, and she saw
her own burning lust mirrored in Jackson's glowing eyes.
    “ I...”
    “ You should rest,”
he said, his voice low and ragged. “I'll tuck Jeremy in.”
    Jackson put the sleeping baby
gently back in his cot and helped Harper into bed. He pulled the
covers up over her shoulders and said, “Sleep well, Harper.”
    Then he went to his side of
the bed and lay there without moving.

CHAPTER
THIRTEEN

    Harper cleared the tables and
stacked the plates and cups onto the tray. There were just a couple
of guests still having their breakfast at Broomstick Hall, the
in-house restaurant on the ground floor of Broomstick Inn. Harper
poured coffee and tea for them, before heading to the kitchen with
her towering tray.
    “ Sit down and eat,
Harper,” Ne-ma said, putting a plate of pancakes on the
counter.
    “ I'll wash all these up
first...”
    “ No, no, the dirty
dishes can wait. Your stomach can't. I heard it growl just now.”
    “ That wasn't me.”
    “ Hmph! There's just the
two of us here. And it definitely wasn't me.” Ne-ma planted
her hands on her hips. “Eat.”
    “ Yes, Ne-ma.”
    Harper took the plate and
began to shovel the pancakes into her mouth. “Slow down. The
breakfast crowd is gone. There's not much to do now.”
    “ I'll help prepare
lunch,” Harper said, chewing and swallowing in a hurry. “Alisa
can come in later. She needs to rest.”
    Ne-ma canted her head, then
nodded. “That's a good idea.