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I shrugged. “I haven’t seen the script yet. Maybe I’ll get married to that candy striper who I was stuck in the elevator with for two days and we’ll drive off into the sunset.”
“Then what are you doing? A new show? Does that mean you have to stay in LA?” Momma asked. I knew she wanted to know, but was asking so Aspen didn’t have to.
“No. It’s being filmed in Hunter Valley.”
Everyone was silent for a moment, then everyone piped up at once. I stood, went around the table to Aspen. Squatted beside her. She turned a little to face me. I could see she was nervous. Worried. People left her. That was what she was used to, but no longer. I’d prove to her that I was going to stick. Starting now.
“Georgia called me.” Aspen’s eyes widened. “She’s the PR woman in Hunter Valley,” I added for my siblings who hadn’t met her. “The producers of Cowboy Goes a Courtin’ want me to be the new show host.”
“What?” Aspen said on an exhale.
I nodded. “Jax Johnson is going to start some new game show and they want me to take his place.”
“In Hunter Valley?” she asked.
“I guess between my little stunt and the fact that it really was filmed in cowboy country went over with the audience. They’re going to film the rest of the season there. With me.”
“My brother, the game show host!” Audrey shouted into the air. “That’ll go over well at your high school reunion.”
I rolled my eyes. I didn’t give a shit about that. Only what Aspen thought. “You okay with being with a game show host?”
She took my hands. “Don’t you want to be in a movie? A game show host can’t be all that?—”
“It’s exactly what I want.”
“A game show host?” she repeated.
“No. Being near you. I’ll have Sam work on other roles for me, but I’ll pick and choose what works for us. I want to be with you, tiger. We’ll figure it out from there.”
Tears filled her eyes.
“Shit, don’t cry.”
She shook her head. “I’m not sad. I’m… happy.”
I grinned. Sighed. “Good. Fuck, that’s good.”
“The ballerina and the game show host. That should be a romance book,” Natalie tossed out.
“My friend Lindy writes romance. I’ll pitch the idea to her,” Aspen said.
“As long as it’s a happily ever after,” I added, then leaned close to kiss her. Remind her that she was mine.
