When he released her at last, she saw that Jason and Rigah had turned away slightly, giving them some privacy after all.

Gray gave her another kiss, then nuzzled her hair out of the way so he could press his lips to her ear. "I know what to give you for a marriage gift, Daria."

"A wedding present," she corrected automatically. She knew better than to tell him not to buy her anything. The more she protested, the more he spoiled her. "What do you want to give me?"

His breath rushed over her ear, hot and moist. "You've already had five," he murmured. "For a wedding present, I'll give you six."

Her face felt positively fiery, but she met his gaze anyway. "As you will."

The End.

Doreen DeSalvo.

A lifelong daydreamer, Doreen DeSalvo sold her first short story at the age of eight. Her payment was a candy bar. Over thirty years later, her passion for writing -- and chocolate -remain. Her work has received the National Association of Independent Publishers' "Fallot Literary Award" and the Doubleday Venus Book Club's "Best Book of the Year" award. She currently lives in a Victorian house in San Francisco with her husband of over 20 years, and considers herself fortunate to be writing stories that always have happy endings.

A denizen of the Internet since 1992, you can find Doreen at www.doreendesalvo.com.