Judith McNaught

Paradise

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  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    Matt spread his fingers over her abdomen, and smiled against her neck because Meredith had no idea how he actually felt about their child. Or how he felt about her because she hadn't tried to get rid of it—and him
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    He was now prepared to believe in God, fate, and universal goodness all because of Meredith and the baby.
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    Their baby would give her a strong reason to wait for him and trust him.

    The same pregnancy that Meredith had regarded as a calamity, Matt now regarded as an unexpected gift from fate.
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    In the past, making love had always been an act of mutual pleasure; with Meredith it was an act of spellbinding beauty. Exquisite, tormenting, magical beauty. For the first time in his life, Matt felt utterly contented, completely at peace.
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    Desire was followed by exquisite delight a moment later when she softly confessed, "This is the nicest night I've ever had, Matt."
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    He'd been home for less than ten minutes and it was the second time Matt had felt as if life was suddenly filled with joy and laughter.
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    His shoulders shaking with laughter, Matt hauled her into his arms, oblivious to the crochet hook jabbing in his chest.
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    Matt looked at her standing near the sofa, while visions of more days like this paraded across his mind, months and years of days when he'd come home to a golden-haired goddess with a smile that always made him feel as if he'd just single-handedly slain a dragon, cured the common cold, and found a means to world peace.
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    She was in serious danger of falling in love with the father of her baby. Serious danger? she thought with a smile. What could possibly be lovelier—as long as Matt felt the same way. And she rather thought he did.
  • marti leonhas quoted3 years ago
    Her last waking thought was that he wanted her to know he was there; that he was claiming another kind of right that he hadn't asked for and she hadn't granted. It was just like him to do that. She fell asleep smiling.
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