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“If you’re into tall, dark, and handsome, honey, I’m your man,” Blake said, shaking her hand.
Caleb laughed, let her go, and socked his brother in the gut. “She’s mine. Get your own woman.”
“I want yours,” Blake teased, and wrapped Caleb in a bear hug and gave him a hearty slap on the back.
“You can’t have her.” Caleb held out his hand and she took it and he pulled her close. “I can’t believe you two plotted behind my back.”
“Oh, your girl didn’t have to do much prodding. Gabe and Dane will be here Wednesday as requested by your lovely bride-to-be. Mom and Dad will arrive on Thursday.”
“Wait. What?”
Summer smacked Blake’s arm.
“Uh-oh,” Blake said. “Guess I let the cat out of the bag.”
“Someone want to tell me what’s going on? Summer?”
“I did what you said.”
“What did I say?”
“That you’d marry me anytime, anywhere, and that I can plan the wedding.”
“That was, what, twenty-five minutes ago.”
“She sure is amazing,” Blake said, making her, Jack, and Sam laugh. Caleb didn’t.
“You knew I was going to ask you to marry me?”
“Not exactly. I hoped you’d ask, but if you didn’t by Wednesday, I planned to ask you.”
“You did?”
“Jack and Sam called me crazy, but at the rate it took for us to have our first date, I thought it might take you forever to ask me.”
“So you were going to ask me, my family will be here by the end of the week, and what, we’re getting married?”
“Yes.”
“We haven’t even talked about this.”
“We did a half hour ago. You said...”
“I know what I said, but you don’t have a dress. We need to get a license. Where are we getting married on such short notice? What about inviting people? Food? Flowers?”
“My dress is hanging in the loft.”
“That’s what’s in the garment bag?”
“Yes. We’ll be married on Saturday at eightP.M.at the old chapel on River Road.”
“That place has been closed down for years.”
“Jack, Sam, and Blake are going to get it ready. I have permission from the town council to use the property. Reverend Cooper agreed to do the ceremony. My mother and father are flying home from South Carolina on Friday. They’ve ordered the flowers to be shipped in from my aunt’s friend’s florist shop. Jack picked up the license a couple days ago. We just need to sign it and turn it in this week.”
“You’re serious. You don’t want to wait and take some time to make plans. This is what you want?”
She stepped close and put both her hands on his chest and stared up into his too-serious brown eyes. “I want to be your wife. I’m a simple girl. I want a simple wedding. You. Me. Our family. A few close friends. That’s all we need. Unless you want to wait. You want something bigger? Fancier?”
