~*~Chapter Eleven~*~
He was halfway between wakefulness and a dream. He woke up with the most beautiful woman in the world by his side. "Kristina," he whispered as he reached for her hand.
"Thank God you are safe! " Kristina sobbed gratefully as the tears were streaming down her cheeks. "Ohhh Ethan! You saved my life!" She felt him taking her hand, and she let him hold it.
At first, Ethan couldn't remember what happened. He was rather disoriented. As Krissy spoke, he remembered he had been injured. He realized he was in the hospital and he had a knife wound. He was sore, but he was going to survive.
"Kristina, don't cry," he said as he caressed her hand. "I love you."
She loved him, too, and she had been trying to find the courage to say the words. She hadn't found the right moment, but she didn't want to lose another moment with him, not after his traumatic injury.
"I love you, too, Ethan. So much. I wish I had told you before. I love you with ALL my heart. And I never want to be apart from you again. I thought you were going to die,' Kristina told him.
"I could never leave you..." said Ethan. "You mean the world to me." He was holding Kristina when Molly breezed into the room.
"Ohhh this is soooo romantic," Molly said when she overheard what Ethan said to Kristina. "I want to write ALL about it in my book. I am writing this love story, and you two are the perfect inspiration."
"Kristina, will you marry me?" Ethan asked.
Kristina let out a gasp of surprise as the word "YES!" came out of her mouth. "I will," she said. She would more than anything be Mrs. Ethan Lovett; she loved him so much. All of her greatest dreams were coming true!
Listening to their conversation, Molly started to scrawl down some notes into her notebook. "Wait, wait, let me get all this down!" Molly said excitedly.
Ethan just shook his head and grinned at Kristina.
"I'm going to call my book 'Destined Hearts,'" Molly announced.
Gazing at Ethan, Kristina's lips met his in the sweetest kiss. Molly looked on in approval.
The End