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It’d been two months since that night in my cabin, and we’d been inseparable. The snow had already melted away, and my cousin March and his construction company would be starting the build. I glanced at my watch and frowned. It wasn’t like March to be late. Even then, it didn’t bother me.
Not much did nowadays.
Not when my heart was filled with peace and love and the hope for a future so bright it was almost blinding.
My girl was sexy as sin and sweet as sugar. And for some reason, thank God, she had chosen me. She loved me as much as I loved her. We were good. Solid. I heard the rumbling of my cousin’s white truck in the distance and jumped off the tailgate. I shoved my hand into the front pocket of my jeans and almost missed feeling the ring I’d been holding on to since a week after Emi and I got together.
A ring she was now finally wearing.
Not that I had waited these last two months for anything other than not wanting to rush her.
But last night after dinner, on the two-month anniversary of us becoming us, I brought her a cupcake with a candle in the middle of it.
She looked at me with questions in her eyes, but I simply asked her to trust me and extended my free hand. One which she took, and we stepped out of the cabin we were packing up slowly, getting ready for the move. I asked her to look up at the sky, and luck was on my side, or maybe it was fate, that just then we both looked upward, a star shot across the sky. I couldn’t have timed it any better.
I’d whispered in her ear to make a wish, and when she made hers, I made one, too. I wished she’d say yes to my next question before I got on one knee and watched her open her brown eyes. Surprise and giddiness made them sparkle almost as brightly as the diamonds that littered the dark sky above us.
Unknowingly, we both had our wishes come true when I asked, and she said yes.
We’d spent the night celebrating in bed and spent the morning calling everyone we knew to give them the news.
She knew I didn’t want a drawn-out engagement. Waiting for two months to ask had been tough enough. But my girl simply giggled and told me not to worry. That she would marry me anywhere and anytime. I would be holding her to it.
If she wanted to plan a big shindig of a wedding, that was fine with me as long as it didn’t take a year to plan. The moment our place was done, I wanted to carry my bride over the threshold and work on knocking her up. Something we weren’t preventing but hadn’t happened. Yet.
The sound of heavy boots snapped me out of my thoughts, and I watched as March approached me. The guy was tall and built from time in the gym and working with his hands. Whether it was out on a build or on the ranch, the guy never stopped. Hisdark hair was longer than usual; the black straight strands fell over his face before he brushed them away.
“You look tired,” I noted and watched my cousin, who was like a brother to me, roll his eyes.
“Nice to see you, too, asshole,” he muttered before stepping up to me, and we hugged, patting one another on the back before we separated. “Congrats again. You two are good together,” he observed, and I felt it in my soul. It was true. My entire family had fallen in love with her like I had. Not that it surprised me. My baby girl was easy to love.
“Thanks.” I grinned broader, and he shook his head. “So, what’s up?”
“What do you mean?” His brows bunched, but I could see the weariness in his gaze. Oh yeah, there was most definitely something going on.
“You look like you’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Wanna talk about it?”
“You wanna braid my hair, too?” he clipped and then sighed. His blue eyes, that were a lot like mine if not brighter, moved to look out at the hill that would back the house. “Sorry. I just...”
“What’s going on?” I asked quietly and waited for a moment knowing I wouldn’t have to push. March and I were close.
“I gotta get married,” he muttered with a shake of his head.
“What?” That was the last thing I could have guessed he’d say, but he didn’t look away from the hill.
“Long story, but yeah, I gotta get married. I am getting married.”
“You are?” And the surprises kept hitting.
“Yeah.” He swallowed. His Adam’s apple rose and fell. He looked at me, and I noticed just how tired he looked.
“Do I know her?”
“I don’t even know her.” My eyes widened like saucers. I was about to ask a million questions when he held his hands outand exhaled. “I promise I’ll explain. Later. Just… let’s talk about this, yeah?” He pointed toward where the house would be, and I nodded. I knew my cousin. If he needed a moment, he needed it, and it was best to give it.
“Okay.” I let things go for the moment, wondering what the hell was going on.
“We will start on Monday.” His voice was almost monotonous. “Working on getting the ground flattened to set the foundation, and then everything will move into motion pretty quickly, you know, in case of the weather turning on us.” I nodded because that was just the way it was in Odyssey. With the elevation we were at, shit could happen at any given time, and Mother Nature was a fickle woman.
