“I have a question,” Ellie said as he laid her down.
“You want to know how much I love you?”he grinned as he dropped down beside her.
“I’ll never tire of hearing that, but I just want to make sure I heard you correctly last night.When you asked me to marry you, you mentioned this weekend?Surely you weren’t serious?”
“Oh, I’m very serious,” he said, as his hand stroked her body.
“Then we have a lot to talk about.”
“Like what?”
“Well, this house, for instance…”
“It’s your house.There will be times it will be nice to have a place in town.”
“Really?You’re happy to do that?”
“I want to be where you are,” he said, bending down.“Have we finished talking?”His lips trailed over her chest, before his mouth fastened around a nipple.
Her body arched upwards.“The wedding…”
“How many people?”he asked against her breast.
“Ahh…” she moaned, “um… just your family?And my friends.”
“Great.What else?”He moved his mouth to her other breast.
“I don’t have a dress and what about the flowers…?”But Becket’s clever fingers had found her heat and with a sigh, she surrendered.
If he wanted to get married this weekend, she’d be there.Maybe she could make a quick trip to Bozeman…
Becket rolled her over so that she was sitting on top of him.Putting his hands on her breasts, he looked at her.“Beautiful.So, so beautiful.”
And in that moment, she felt like the most beautiful woman in the world.
Chapter Twenty
Ellie was stillwalking on air as she opened her shop on Wednesday morning.She felt like dancing.She’d just put her handbag away when Rose strode in, followed by Vivian, Annie and Janice.
“Good morning,” Ellie smiled.“This is a nice surprise.”
Annie clapped her hands as she rushed forward.“The ring!I can’t wait to see your ring!”
“Ooh, wait for us!’Willow called from the doorway as she, Arlene and Laura entered.As Willow hurried over to them, Arlene put down a big white bag on the counter.
While everyone was admiring Ellie’s ring, Arlene bent over and kissed her forehead.“Welcome to our family.I’m so, so happy my Becket has found you.You make him happy and if he’s happy, so am I.His grandma would’ve loved you.”
By this time everyone was sniffing, dabbing at their eyes.
Wiping her tears, Arlene cleared her throat.“We have a wedding to plan and only three days in which to do it.We don’t have time to sit around and cry!”
Janice hugged Ellie.“I just knew it.On that very first day I saw Becket strolling out of your shop, I just knew.”
Ellie hugged herself.“That was the day I fell for him, even though I didn’t know it at the time.”
“Okay, girls, let’s focus,” Laura said.“Ellie, you’re getting married on Saturday!”
“I know!Dress, shoes, flowers, caterers,” Ellie cried out.“It will only be us, but we’ll need food, won’t we?”
