“To do what?”
“Find a decent place to live. The carriage house is too small for all of us. It’s too small even for the two of us.” Though they’d been managing remarkably well since he’d been spending nearly every night with her there. “And your apartment is not exactly homey.” In fact, she’d been appalled when she’d finally seen it. Which was why they were always at the carriage house. Even her hand-me-down furnishings were more welcoming than his nearly sterile place.
“Are you suggesting we move in together?” His hands linked behind her back. “I’m almost shocked.” His lips tilted wickedly.
She laughed. “I seriously doubt that.”
“Okay. We’ll find a bigger place to rent until we decide on something more permanent. Maybe we’ll find some land and I’ll build us a home. Satisfied?”
She nodded. A home with Gabe? What more could she want? “Extremely.”
“And in the meantime, since the kids will be back soon...how fast can you put a wedding together once they are?”
Bobbie looked at him quickly. “You want to get married right away?”
“A marriage is usually the end result of an engagement,” he reminded her.
She smiled slowly, then turned around, only then realizing that nearly everyone in the office had been watching them avidly. “Cheryl, I’ll be leaving now for the day, if anyone calls.”
Her secretary looked surprised, then an indulgent smile crossed her lips. “Sure thing.”
Bobbie turned back to Gabe, grinning. “Boss’s prerogative,” she whispered. Then she hopped off the desk, ducked into her office to grab her jacket and purse and raced back to the love of her life. “Come on.” She pulled him out of the building and into the uncommonly sunny afternoon.
Gabe followed, his laughter low and deep. “Where are we going now?”
“To start the rest of our lives, of course.”
He caught her around the waist and delight swept through her just as easily as he swept her right off of her feet. Sunlight shined across his face, turning his eyes even bluer. “That started the day we met.”
She wrapped her arms around his neck.
Oh, how she did love this man.
“All right,” she conceded. “Then we’re going to go see Mom and call my sisters.” She smiled mischievously. “Because if anyone can organize a wedding in a matter of weeks, it’s the Fairchild women.”
“Maybe we should take a quick detour along the way.” He brushed his mouth against hers. “Because I’m feeling suddenly desperate for just one Fairchild woman in particular.”
How easily he could have her blood rippling through her veins. “Maybe a quick detour. But then off to my mother’s.”
He nodded, looking amused and obedient and wholly sexy all at the same time. He set her back on her feet. “You think all of you can pull a wedding together before the end of the year and not be disappointed?”
Bobbie tangled her fingers with his. “Nothing about marrying you will ever be a disappointment,” she promised quietly. And then she smiled brilliantly. “And yes. I’m sure that we can.”
And they did.
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One Step Away
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