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“Nothing’s up. I’m happy. Your man—my cousin—is wonderful.”
Molly smiled. “I like to think so.”
“Has he talked to you about Dawson Dale?”
“Yes. Isn’t it a great idea?”
“You think so? You really wouldn’t mind?”
“Mind? Why? He wants the land that comes with the Hardy estate. Dawson Dale is part of the sale. If he can then turn around and sell it to you and Grant, everyone wins.” She frowned. “You don’t like the idea?”
Chelsea nodded vigorously. “I love the idea. I just needed to know you were okay with it. I mean, I thought you might want to have this vast estate now you’re going to be Mrs. Di Giovanni. You might not want your husband’s family renting the smaller estate that’s part of it.”
Molly shook her head. “What the …? You’re not serious, are you? There are so many things wrong with what you just said. First of all, we have no intention of living there—for years, if ever. We’re happy at my place—and you thinking I’m going to go all stuck-up Mrs. Di Giovanni on you is crazy. You know me better than that. And to call yourself my husband’s family instead of my friend pisses off.”
Chelsea gave her an apologetic smile. “I know. It’s all stupid. But it just seems too good to be true, so I’m going around trying to figure out what could possibly go wrong with it all—what could prevent it from happening. The only thing I could think of that would make me say no to Marcos’ offer would be if you weren’t happy about it. So, I had to come and see you.”
Molly laughed. “You’re a goofball sometimes, Chelsea, but I love you. I don’t mind. I don’t mind at all. I think it’s wonderful. I think it will bring us all closer. I’m happy for you and Grant; I’m happy for Marcos that he gets to make wine again. I’m even happier that he gets to go into some kind of partnership with the two of you. It’s all good. I’m happy.”
Chelsea grinned. “Good, then I am, too. And by the way, I get to be your maid of honor, right?”
Molly had to laugh. “Who says I need one?”
“I do! I know you’re not in any hurry, but I just want the two of you to finally be married. Don’t you?”
Molly nodded. “Honestly? I do. At first, I was so wary of even getting back together with him. Then we were taking our time proving that we’re still right for each other. Now I feel like we’re where we need to be—we’re ready to launch into the rest of our lives together. And that next step will come when we get married.”
Chelsea put both hands over heart and sighed. “Aww. The happily ever after we’ve all been waiting for. I hope he hurries up about it.”
Molly smiled. She was starting to hope so, too. “He can’t have told you what he’s considering for the Hardy house if you thought I wanted to live there.”
“All we’ve talked about is Dawson Dale. It means so much to Grant. He loves that place. He loved his granddad so much. We’re thinking we’re going to move into the house after we get married. I mean, we weren’t going to stay in my cottage forever.”
Molly smiled. “That’ll be perfect. You get to live in his family home.”
“Yeah, I guess. I never understood why that’s so important to people. It’s obviously important to you, just like it is to Grant.”
Molly shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’m an only child.”
“Anyway, sorry. You were going to tell me what he’s thinking for the Hardy house.”
“Oh, yeah. Well, it was only one of the possibilities, but using it as a wedding venue.”
“Oh, that’d be awesome! You should totally get married there.”
Molly smiled. “I’d like to, but there’s one problem.”
Chelsea’s smile disappeared. “What? What’s wrong?”
Molly laughed. “I’m only teasing. It’s not a problem as such. It’s just a timing thing. He hasn’t actually asked me yet.”
Chelsea smiled. “I wouldn’t worry too much about that. We all know it’s coming.”
Molly wanted to feel reassured by that, but for some reason, she didn’t. She knew he wanted to marry her. She knew it was only a matter of time, but for some reason she wanted him to ask her soon. She was the one who’d forced them to take it slowly, and he’d been so good about respecting that. It was unreasonable of her to start feeling edgy because she now wanted things to go faster.
Chelsea gave her a puzzled look. “Is everything okay?”
Molly chuckled. “Everything is wonderful. I just keep getting this feeling that I want him to hurry up. All of a sudden I’m feeling impatient—as if there’s some reason we should get married as soon as possible. I know it’s crazy, but there’s just something inside me that feels that it’s urgent.”
