Rough Riders Bundle 1(286)
Keely squealed and AJ smacked Cord in the arm before Keely squeezed her tight. “We’re really gonna be sisters now. This is so cool! So, you guys ready?”
“Ready for what?”
Cord cursed.
“You haven’t told her?” Colt grinned. “Typical.”
He sauntered over and hugged AJ. “Welcome to the family. I’m gonna enjoy teasin’ my bro about bein’ a cradle robber for a long time to come.”
AJ looked at Colt. He looked fit and healthy, even when a sense of wariness surrounded him that hadn’t been there before. She whirled back around and faced her intended. “Tell me what?”
“That we’re goin’ to Vegas. Tonight. To get married. Thought I’d surprise you. Colt and Keely are standin’ up for us.”
She stared at him, stunned.
Which caused him to babble. “Come on, baby doll. I love you. You love me. I don’t wanna wait. You told me when we talked about getting married on the phone the past coupla weeks that you didn’t want a big wedding ceremony. Colt and I got three days before we’re needed at home. Keely said she’d kill me if she didn’t get to see us tie the knot. Ky’s staying with my folks, though it’s makin’ him mighty antsy waitin’ for us to come home. I thought we could get hitched, and spend the night in the honeymoon suite of a swanky hotel. Then we’d come back here, pack your stuff and you could come home with me for good.”
She continued to stare at him.
“Ah, hell. Are you mad?”
“No. Just trying to wrap my head around the word home and you in the same sentence.”
Cord’s eyes softened. “Same thing, in my opinion.”
She melted. The feeling of rightness, of inevitability, flowed over as sweetly as it had when she’d been a young girl. But unlike then, she now knew real, true love earned through trial and error was better than any one-sided fairy tale love from afar.
“You guys gonna stand here makin’ goo-goo eyes at each other? Or are we goin’ to Vegas?” Keely demanded.
“Whatcha say, cowgirl mine?” Cord asked.
She grinned at the man she’d love for the rest of her life. “I say it’s about damn time.”