I shoved from Kevin and ran to my car, ignoring his calls for me to stop. In minutes I pulled up into my driveway, only to see Edward’s car there. He got out and walked tome.
“What are you doing here?” I asked but didn’t really want to know. Not at thismoment.
He eyed my purse and smiled. “Oh good, I’m glad you got it. I gave your address to my secretary to mail it, so I wasn’t sure if it made it ontime.”
“I asked you what you’re doinghere.”
Edward grabbed both of my arms in a more assertive way than he’d ever touched me before. “I need you to listen to me. Your sister was right with her southern colloquialism. It’s time to make some decisions, and I’ve decided that I want you in my life. I already spoke to the director of human resources, and they’re thrilled. There’s no reason we can’t be together. As a matter of fact, it’ll benefit us both. It’ll show the board that I’m a committed individual with a solid future, and it’ll help you advance within the university,too.”
They were words I’d waited so long to hear, yet I felt nothing when he said them. I shook my head. “I don’t know. What makes you think it’ll work thistime?”
Kevin’s 4X4 squealed to a halt at the edge of our driveway, and he trotted towardus.
Edward pulled a ring from his pocket and slid it onto my finger. “Because we’ll be married.” He eyed Kevin and then me. “That is, unless you’re involved with someoneelse.”
I looked at Kevin and then at Edward. “No, I’m not. There’s no one in Magnolia Corners that I’d ever trust to spend the rest of my lifewith.”
