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Maybe one day, I thought to myself as I finished lunch with my sister.
* * *
“Where are we going?” I asked as Levi turned the opposite direction from his cabin.
“Just going to show you the property and how far along it’s come already.” Levi looked at me and smiled.
I hadn’t been out to the property since the day Levi initially showed it to me, but we had looked over plans and I approved some things. Levi was working out there, and his brothers were helping him, but I had no idea how far along any of it was.
Levi pulled into the driveway and drove to the end of it.
“Oh wow, you started on the house first?” I exclaimed.
“Yes, thankfully so, since my cabin is only a one bedroom. We’ll need another one soon.”
“True… and more in the future.”
“Which is why I’m glad we decided to build the extra rooms, for future expansion of our family.” We hadn’t talked about having more kids after this, but I was open to the possibility, as I knew he was too.
“We also finished the pens for the kangaroos,” Levi said, hopping from the truck and running over to help me get out. “I wanted to show them to you.”
The kangaroo area wasn’t too far from the main house, and I was giddy when I realized it was finished.
“We talked to Austin, and we’ve fast-tracked all the paperwork and everything, so they should arrive in the next month or two, at most. They are eager to get them here.”
I still couldn’t believe we were going to have kangaroos! My favorite animal, the main reason I went into the field. Pretty soon we’d have some to care for, all thanks to Levi’s hard work and dedication.
“I know it’s not Africa…” Levi said, trailing off as we walked the property.
I stopped dead in my tracks and turned on my heels to face him. “Levi, this is even better than the opportunity in Africa. After all, Tanzania doesn’t have kangaroos…. or you.”
Levi wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into him. “I hope you mean that, and I hope you’re happy with how life has turned out. I never want you to regret your choice to stay here.”
“I mean it with all of my heart,” I said, standing on my tiptoes and pressing my lips against his. “I feel like I’m right where I’m meant to be.”
Levi took my hand in his and looked down at my ring finger. “You’re not wearing the ring anymore. Does this mean we’re no longer engaged?”
“I gave it back to you, remember. Before I left for Africa.”
He shot me a cheeky grin. “I know, I was just being silly.” He pulled something from his pocket, and I recognized it a second later. He opened the ring box and dropped to his knee.
“Levi…”
“You can always say no if you want to,” he said with a nervous chuckle. “But I was thinking… if you’re okay with it, I’d love to make our engagement official. Will you marry me, Anna?”
My heart nearly jumped out of my chest, and I was jumping up and down. My hands covered my mouth so at first, my response was muffled.
“Yes, Levi, yes,” I said over and over again. I’d thought I was good with waiting, that we had all the time in the world, but thinking about making it official with this man filled me with such joy, I felt like I might explode from it.
He slipped the ring back on my finger. “Right where it belongs,” he said softly before kissing my knuckles.
Chapter 30
Levi
I surveyed the property. A couple capybaras were headed our way, and we’d gotten another emu to keep Birdtha company. The goats had been relocated and a few more acquired. We had a regular petting zoo with them and Al. I hoped to secure another alpaca or two at some point as well.
Things were finally coming together.
