When It's Right(117)

“I’m sure. You’ll have your baby in about eight months.”

“But you never said . . .”

“When you asked me to marry you, you said you wanted to have a baby whenever I was ready. I wanted it to be a surprise.”

“It is,” he said and smiled hugely. “This is the best surprise. I can’t wait to tell the family.”

“We’ll tell them all together. We’ll save Dane for when we see him ride in the Las Vegas bull riding championships in a ­couple of weeks.”

He kissed her until Justin came to them and hugged both their legs together. They had so much to celebrate today.

Gillian bent to Justin’s ear and whispered her good news. He smiled and jumped, pumping his fist in the air. “I’m going to be an uncle!”

Everyone in the winner’s circle cheered and shouted congratulations.

Blake laughed, staring at his beautiful wife. She looked radiant. She looked happy. So far from the woman he’d seen get out of a truck more than six months ago. Life changes so fast. Gillian’s was full of love and family now. And his was even better having her and Justin in it.

Gillian leaned up and kissed him. She settled into him, into her happiness, into her new life with such ease that she smiled.

A hawk flew above them, drifting on the wind, just like when she’d stopped the truck that first day before reaching her grandfather’s ranch and the unknown. She finally felt as free as that bird. She had her family and Blake to thank for that.

Love had set her free and allowed her to soar.