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“I never went to prom,” I said, as he put it on my wrist.
“Me either. Shall we?”
We went in and left our coats on the designated table. Then he moved us to the dance floor. I really felt like a princess, even if my dress was barn- not prom-worthy. I lost myself in his gaze as the song playing talked about falling in love for the first time.
Magic was thick, charging the air with a current that gave me goosebumps. I couldn’t tell you how long we’d been dancing. The lights had just gone out and twinkling lights came on above. Just as Agan bent to kiss me that was when I and everyone else there noticed Avery and Nate, who were feeling the magic too. In fact, they stood in a spot where the moonlight spotlit them as if they were on display.
Then Avery practically ran out of the barn, and I quickly apologized to Agan before following after. It was nothing she wouldn’t have done for me.
It would be another few weeks before Agan and I met up again for more than our morning diner meetings. He showed up at my trailer with pizza; I didn’t stop him. He’d met Zoe weeks ago when she was sick.
“Zoe, this is Agan. He’s a friend.”
That was the truth. Agan and I hadn’t so much as kissed. We’d come close, but no dice. Though I insisted on taking things slowly, even I was getting restless.
Zoe easily accepted him because I did. “Are you going to watch the movie with us?” she asked him.
“If it’s okay with you?” Agan asked in return.
She bobbed her head furiously, and we did the whole pizza and movie thing.
The next few weeks, Agan and I would go out to eat one night and he would come over another. The rest was just for Zoe and me.
One night when I walked Agan to his car to wish him off, he didn’t immediately leave.
“You know I like you,” he said, with the stars shining brightly above.
“I consider you one of my good friends.” Not that I had a lot of those.
He crossed his arms. “I’d like to be more than that.”
Though I didn’t feel amused, I laughed. “One day you’ll leave. And then what?”
“I could stay, or you could come with me.”
“How can you say that?” I poked him in his chest.
He snagged my hand and pulled me close. “I’ve been wanting to do this.” He cupped my chin and dipped his head to kiss me.
I damn near exhaled from the relief of it. I looped my arms around his neck and pressed my body firmly against his.
“Jesus, lass, I won’t be able to leave if I don’t go now.” I opened my mouth, but he said something that kept my jaw slack. “I want you to come with me to see a property on a private island near Fiji.”
If I wasn’t mistaken, Fiji was an island in the Pacific Ocean. “What?” I was flabbergasted, which was an understatement.
“There’s a property there. I want you to advise me if I should renovate the existing structure or build something new.”
“I-I—” I stuttered. “I wouldn’t know that.”
“You would. You have good instincts. Just because my father is set on Mason Creek doesn’t mean your idea for Mountainside wasn’t a good one. My father has his eye on a piece of property in Mason Creek that’s all but been abandoned by the owner. The sons don’t seem interested in it.”
Immediately, my thoughts went to the Bowmens, but I didn’t ask.
“I’ve never left Montana before,” I admitted instead.
He placed another kiss on my lips. “Think about it.”
I didn’t have to. I wanted to go. But I had responsibilities.
