Book Details
Publisher: Bethany House (Baker) Publishing
Published: May 2014
ISBN10: 0764211080
ISBN13: 9780764211089
Genre: Romance
Subgenre: Contemporary
Website: beckywade.com/home/meant-to-be-mine/
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Topics/Issues
reconcile, reconciliation, parent, parenting, parents, family obligation, family, betrayal, betrayed, single parenting, single moms, married, marriage, marital, healing, heal, grace, forgiveness, forgive, forgiving, faithful, faith, drug abuse, drug use, drugs, bitterness, bitter, anger, abandon, abandonment, Abandoned
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Meant to Be Mine
By Becky Wade
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Chapter One
Five and a Half Years Ago
"Will you marry me?"
Celia glanced up at Ty and found him gazing down at her. His wickedly gorgeous blue eyes regarded her as if she were the most fabulously desirable woman on the planet.
"What did you just say to me?" She had to speak louder than usual to be heard above the happy din of the Las Vegas casino.
"Do you want to marry me?"
"Ty Porter, that's not funny."
"Who said I was kidding?"
"Me. I'm saying it." Their romance had only begun four days ago. Granted, they'd been the four best days of Celia's life. Because of him, she'd spent her daylight hours in a haze of bliss. She'd spent her nights thinking about him, staring up at her hotel room ceiling with eyes as round as ping pong balls, too excited to sleep.
"Your turn, miss." One of the dealers at the craps table pushed two dice towards Celia with his slim stick, bent at a ninety-degree angle at the end.
"Feeling lucky?" Ty asked.
"Yes." Ty liked her -- her! -- which made her the luckiest girl in Vegas. Their very good fortune during the past two hours at the craps table hardly compared.
Celia picked up the dice and gave them a shake. The group of players gathered around the table focused their attention on her. Some called out encouragement.
"If you roll a seven," Ty said, "I vote we get married."
"You're incorrigible."
"If you roll a seven, sweet one, I'll take it as a sign, we'll get hitched tonight, and you'll be stuck with me for life." He placed all his chips on the pass line.
"Ty!"
"I've just proposed to this little lady here," he announced to the table. "If she rolls a seven we're going to make it official."
The players hooted and hollered.
"He's just joking," Celia informed them.
Their excitement drowned out her rationality. Several players raised glasses. Others added additional chips to their bets. All heartily approved of Ty's plan. Apparently, the decision to hang a lifetime commitment on the roll of two dice made perfect sense to sloshed tourists in Vegas.
Celia tossed the dice. They flew to the opposite end of the oblong table, bounced off the bumper and skittered to a stop. A '3' and a '4'. Seven.