Forever Mine

By Lisa Faith Bragg

Everyone who knows April knows that she has talked about Luke Daniels, her “dream man,” since she was twelve years old. Now her dream has become her reality, and she is living her dreams. A relationship with Luke isn’t the fairy tale that most dream of, but it is the prefect fairy tale in April’s eyes. When Luke met April, he felt an instinct connection to her that could not be denied. He knew right away that April wasn’t like the normal girls he dated. Luke finds himself wanting to protect her, and realizes he cares for her much deeper than he ever thought possible. However, will Luke allow himself to fall in love with April? Will he be able to tell April what he fears most in life? “Forever Mine” was written as a dedication to Richie Sambora, and is the sequel to “One Light Burning,” published in 2011 by Lulu.com. “Forever Mine” may appeal to readers who are interested in romance, and believe that love really does conquer all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9781304743657

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Forever Mine

Forever

Mine

By

Lisa Faith Bragg

Printed By Lisa Faith Bragg

Lyerly, GA

Copyright  2013 Lisa Faith Langston Bragg

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of the author, except where permitted by law. The character’s in this book are fictional, and a work of imagination of the author.

Printed in the United States of America

Lulu Enterprises Inc

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978-1-304-73355-9

Thanks

First and foremost I would like to thank God for everyday he allows me to breathe. Thank you for saving me, and making me your daughter.

I chose the title of this book because of a song that Richie Sambora recorded once called Forever mine. The song was unreleased, but I feel it really fits my characters Luke and April, and is the perfect fit for the second part of this story.

I was honored to have met Richie Sambora on October 12, 2013. Dreams do come true. I always believed I would meet him, but I wasn’t sure if I could really let myself believe that he would really care that I had written books for him, dedicated to him and his music, but he did care. He told me that he had read the books that I sent him, and he really enjoyed them. That touched my heart in a way that I am not sure anyone would understand. It was an amazing day, and Richie is the prefect gentlemen.

I just want to thank you Richie. You told me when we met that you weren’t sure what you had done to help me the way you have. I just ask you to listen to your heart, and God will show you how you did help me. I honestly love you, and pray for you daily. You have a heart of gold, and I still pray for the day I can call you my true friend. I will always believe in rainbows. My heart’s desire.

I would like to thank my daughter Jani Bragg. I love you with all my heart. You are my greatest gift from God.

But as for me, I will always have hope. I will praise you more and more. Psalms 74:14

From a Distance

By: Lisa Faith Bragg

As I close my eyes once more, I see you in the distance. I wonder as I see you walking closer, if you will be mad when you realize I brought you here once more. My heart fills with joy, and my heart skips two beats as you smile at me so sweet.

I love you, and I can tell you love me. You take my hand as I feel you hold on tight. As we walk along I feel proud. I'm proud to be with you, and to walk by your side. I smile as I just want to look at you; after all you love me. I'm so into you, and you are so into me. You whisper in my ear, as you hold me near, What's wrong Little Lady, why have you brought me here? I answer I'm scared, will you hold me near?" My eyes fill with tears.          

You take me in your arms. I feel safe. No one could hurt me even they tried. After much time you whisper, I love you, and I always will You kiss my hand, then you hug me tight. You look at me, and whisper Let me love you tonight.

You make love to me so passionately. After some time I realize it's coming to an end. I hold you tight and wrap my arms around you. I don't want to let go. I just want to hide so that I can stay. My only prayer is that when I wake up you will be there with me. This is so real to me, much more than just a dream. I'm really there with you, and you are really there with me.

My heart fills with pain as you whisper It's time I must leave. I love you Little Lady. You are mine, and you always will be.

My heart breaks as you leave. I reach out and hold on for as long as I can. I feel all alone once more. I just wanted to stay with you. Forever you know I will wait. I will watch for you from a distance, and I will never give up hope. Although the world may keep us apart I will forever be yours. 

Preface

From a window inside my heart I watch for you, wondering if you will ever come close enough to reach.. I can see you, but you can't see me. Sometimes I think I hear you, but it's just my mind playing tricks on me.

In this life my only treasure is to be your lady. I hope one day you come to my door, take the key, open my heart and see me. My heart belongs to you Luke , and it always will.

Chapter 1

Dear Diary,

From the time I was twelve I’ve always known that there is a God, and there was one man that I was created to love. My favorite story from the bible is when God created Eve for Adam. I’ve always believed that I have my dream man's rib. At the time of my dream, I didn’t know that man was Luke. Only after seeing him on T.V. did I realize he was really real, and not just made up in my mind. Everything came alive inside me that day, and I have always known that one day I would have a chance to tell him how I feel. That day was finally here.

Me!

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. It is when miracles are supposed to happen. It’s the one time during the year that people believe that anything can happen. Believing that one day it will be my Christmas is what keeps me strong, and that with God all things are possible.

One day it will be the beginning of my new life. I have it all pictured in my mind, and I keep it locked inside. I won’t give in, I won’t lose faith. Rather it is just my silly romantic blind faith, or me just being stubborn, I keep pushing forward. Luke Daniels is my dream. He is the one and only dream that I ever prayed to God to receive. Luke is worth all the pain and struggles I have experienced in life. Anytime I have ever told others how I feel about Luke, I have been told that I am crazy, insane, and I am a crazed fan. None of which is true. It’s so hard for people to simply understand, and rather they believe it or not, Luke is my dream.

I love him. I have loved him for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t anything that just happened out of the blue, it is something deeper. It’s deeper than I have ever been able to understand myself. I gave up trying to understand a long time ago. I have questioned God more times than I can count.  I have prayed before for the LORD to remove how I feel about Luke, but no matter what I try, it is impossible for me to not love him. I know that no matter what happens, I will go to my grave loving him. The only thing I can do is accept what God has shown me as to why I love Luke. I believe strongly that I was designed to be with Luke. The people closest to me all think that my story isn’t true. I love him the same as any other lady loves the man they were created to be with. People can be so hateful, and mean. They want to believe I love Luke because he is rich, and famous. That is totally not true. I could care less if he was rich or poor.

I realized a long time ago, trying to explain that to people is just a waste of time. In my life, I only wanted to find my true heart’s desire. My only desire is to be Luke’s lady. The bible says to Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4. I trust the Lord, and I listen for his voice of truth.

When I was growing up I would watch Gone with the Wind, which in my book is one of the best movies ever made, and I decided that Luke was my Rhett, and I was his Scarlett.

So many times I would think about what would actually happen the first time I was able to meet Luke. I wondered if he would just treat me like every other fan, or would it be something different for me and him? I know it’s silly, but I dreamed it would be like how Scarlett first looked at Rhett. Luke would see me and know that something was different about me, just like Rhett knew the moment he saw Scarlett that there was something different about her.  Also the way Scarlett could read Rhett like a book. Rhett looked at her as if he already knew her in an intimate way. The passion was there, it was natural and it was there. I wanted that for me and Luke. I wanted him to know I was different than others. There was only one thing I knew that I could offer Luke that other girls wouldn’t be able to offer him. No matter what had happened to me in my life, I always kept my heart innocent because I wanted that to attract Luke. So many people lose their innocence, but I didn’t want to lose that magic about me. I didn’t want to lose the ability to dream and have visions that life could be brighter for me.

Well I am not sure if my story is a great love affair like Gone with the Wind, but this is my story, this is my heart. When I was twelve years old I prayed, and asked God to give me direction for my life. One night after many nights of praying, God gave me a dream. This dream was so unique for me at the time seeing as I hadn’t dreamed this clear before in my life. Days before I had this dream I had been praying to the Lord to show me my direction in life, and to show me what I had been born for. My older sister was getting married and moving out of the house. I felt so alone inside. I was a Christian, and had accepted the Lord as my savior when I was just nine years old. I was raised in church, and I knew that God was real. I talked to him all the time. After this night I knew two things that I could bank on. I knew #1 that God was real. #2.  I knew without doubt that I was born, and created to love this man in my dreams. I woke up from that dream with a hope, and I have always felt special because God gave me that dream.

I knew my dream was an insight to a future event. I didn‘t know when, but I knew one thing, I knew the event would take place in the future, and I would be with Luke.  I have always believed that my dreams have meaning, and purpose. My dreams have always seemed real to me.  No one can, or could ever convince me otherwise. Growing up time after time I would have the same dream. In the dream I would walk into a room, and I would reach him. Luke was there in the room, but at the time I first dreamed the dream, I didn’t know who Luke was. All I knew was the guy was