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“I see.”
Luke looked over his shoulder at where she was standing – and she knew he was nervous, but looked exceedingly calm.
“Hey Nicolette, you want to grab that coffee?”
“Sure.”
“We’ve got coffee here,” Valkyrie said flatly. “Armadillo, you want a cup, too?”
“Daddy,” she smiled, brushing him off and leaning up to kiss him on the cheek. “Love you, but I’m craving a Frappuccino with extra whipped cream.”
“So notrealcoffee?” Luke grinned. “More like ice cream with caffeine?”
“That’s my boy,” Armadillo chuckled, patting him on the back.
Nicolette smiled at Luke.
“Let’s go,” she invited. “We need to go over what kind of policy you want. Do you have like a bunch of computer stuff to insure? Are you wanting liability only or full coverage?” she began, waving to her father and walking off towards his truck – as he quickly joined her.
“What kind of deductible are you looking for? There’s a whole lot of variances plus we need to look at the state minimums to see if you need to increase it from there and…” she looked around, seeing them still standing there. “It’s overwhelming, but I’ll help you through it.”
“Sounds good,” Luke said easily, climbing into the driver’s seat and frowning. “I hate not being able to open your door for you in front of them.”
“Are we really going for coffee?”
“We should talk… but no,” he smiled shyly.
“Where are we going?”
“To look for wedding bands,” he murmured, starting his truck up. “And to find some place alone where I can kiss my fiancée for hours on end.”
“That sounds perfect,” she said dreamily.
* * *
Hours later,they were unexpectedly taking a tour of an apartment that had a sign in front that it was for rent that they happened to drive past. It was a little place, nothing fancy, and barely eight-hundred square feet in space… but it was also convenient.
Located south of Flyboys, on the road towards Ember Creek, it was just out of sight. It would give them a little space and privacy… and most of all?
It was affordable.
As they walked inside, they smiled at each other knowingly. This would be their first place together.
“We are really doing this, aren’t we?” he breathed, stunned. “Tell me this isn’t a dream? That someone’s not about to splash me with cold water to wake me up…”
“This is real,” she whispered, kissing him tenderly. “I love you and always have.”
“It’s the same for me, Niki,” he confessed. “I’ve always loved you and been so scared to acknowledge it… yet here we are.”
“I can’t wait for tomorrow.”
“Me neither.”
CHAPTER6
Monday morning arrived, and she was wearing a very crisp white blouse with pearls, blue slacks, and brought in a clip to fix her hair before going to the courthouse. Luke looked completely apologetic, but he was in his work uniform because he was reading meters this morning – and working at Flyboys this afternoon.
“You look fine…” she assured him.
