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She hands it to me, and I slowly turn it over, the memories of that night so long ago coming at me in a rush.
“I can’t believe you still have this.” My voice is a whisper as I read my old signature.
I remember it well. It’s a promise I made to her with all my heart the day before we left for the desert.
When I come back, I’m going to marry you. I promise, I will make you mine.
“It’s a legally binding contract.” Drew gives me that sassy, bossy look I love.
It makes me grin. “Is that so?”
“You signed it.”
Lifting it up, I pretend to inspect it. “Your name’s not on here.”
She takes it out of my hands. “It’s in my possession. It belongs to me just like you belong to me. Ever since that first day when you carried me out of danger.”
“You want to marry some guy who lives in a one-bedroom shack behind a garage? A guy everybody says isn’t good enough for you? A guy fighting PTSD? What kind of life is that for you, Drew-baby? You’re a princess.”
Her cute jaw clenches and she pushes on my shoulders. “Is that guy’s name Grayson Cole?”
Raising my eyebrows, I shrug. “Sure looks that way.”
“Then yes.” She gives me a quick kiss. “I’m not a princess. I’m a regular girl who can save herself. I’m ready to save you, too.”
At that, I catch her around the waist, rolling her onto her back and kissing her good and hard. Her squeal is consumed by the strength of my love. Lifting my head, I grin down at her, loving this girl more than she could ever know.
“I’ve got great news for you then.”
Chapter 35
Drew
I’ve heard people say your life can change in the blink of an eye.
I never believed it until Grayson Cole came back into my life the second time.
We’re sitting together in church listening to Pastor Hibbert talking about love. He’s talking about how perfect love covers a multitude of sins, and Gray’s hand tightens over mine.
I glance up at him, drop-dead gorgeous in a slate blue Armani suit with a light blue shirt and yellow tie underneath. My man sure cleans up well.
He’s also a fucking gazillionaire! Holy shit! Sorry, God.
After Gray agreed to keep his promise to marry me, he hit me with an even bigger surprise. His family is really obnoxiously rich.
Well, he is now. Like me, he’s all that’s left of his troubled clan. Unlike me, he has more than just a broken-down house and a name. Gray is the real deal, and I lost no time making sure the whole town found out about it.
How?
I told Dotty Magee.
In two days’ time, all the assholes who’d ever been mean to him were falling all over themselves trying to kiss his butt.
Pastor Hibbert ties his sermon on love into his sermon on forgiveness, which I’m starting to realize is one of his favorite topics. It makes me think of my last visit with my dad.
I went to tell him Gray and I are engaged. I wanted him to be a part of my wedding, but I didn’t know if that would be asking too much.
I said the words, and he only leaned back in the chair and looked far away. “I told you you’d end up leaving me.”
