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the fridge again and returned with a handful of plastic-wrapped potatoes for the microwave and a platter of thick steaks so juicy her mouth watered just looking at them. “These will only take a few minutes on the grill.”
“We have a grill?” Edie clapped her hands. “In February?”
“We have a grill,” he confirmed with a grin. “On the deck. And I will gladly brave the weather to cook these steaks.”
“My hero.” She kissed him again, giddy with being here, with him.
H am and the moving truck wouldn’t arrive for a few days, but Ty had found a local superstore and stocked the kitchen with paper plates, plastic ware, and napkins. He’d even bought a plaid blanket, which Edie set out on the family room floor for their picnic.
It wasn’t the first meal they’d shared, but it was the first in their new house and it deserved attention. Ty lit some candles and brought out the bouquet of roses he’d hidden inside a cupboard. The balloons were now sneaking into the rest of the house.
“I left my present for you in the car,” Edie said when he handed her the small gift bag. “Darn it, Ty. This is too much.”
“It’s not too much,” he told her. “You can give me your present later. Open it.”
He held his breath as she pulled out the small velvet box. He’d bought her a ring months ago, but these earrings had had Edie’s name all over them. He’d spied them in the window of the small antique shop he’d passed on the way to the superstore. Small oval emeralds set in gold with a pair of wee diamonds at the top and bottom, they should have been too small to have caught his eye from a moving car, but when he’d slowed to stop at the light and turned his head, there they’d been, glinting.
He loved how she bit her lower lip when she was trying not to grin and give away her excitement. When she lifted the box’s lid, her bit-back grin faded. Ty sat up, concerned.
“You don’t like them?” To his surprise, tears glittered in her eyes and he reached for her automatically. “Babe?”
She waved a hand and shook her head, but let him gather her into his arms. She nestled her face against his chest. Her shoulders shook. Ty stroked her hair in silence. He didn’t know much, but he knew the best move a man with an armful of weeping woman could make was to keep quiet.
“They’re beautiful. All of this is incredible,” she said. “Perfect.”
“It’s Valentine’s Day. I had to do something special.”
“If I’d known you were going to be here, I’d have done something special, too.” Edie said, and looked up at him with wet eyes, but with the smile back on her face.
“You can make it up to me.”
“Oh, really?” She leaned to kiss him, and her lips tasted of salt. “However shall I do that?”
“Do the dishes.”
Laughing, Edie punched his chest lightly then gathered up the paper plates and put them in a pile. “Done. You’re easy to please.”
Ty snagged her wrist and pulled her closer, leaning back to pull her along with him. When she’d settled on top of him, he pushed her hair off her face and looked into her eyes. “Let’s go to bed.”
Since he had a king-sized bed and she’d only had a double in her small apartment, they’d agreed to use his. It was on the moving truck along with everything else. He had, however, found more than earrings at the antique store.
“I thought we’d have to camp out here. I sent a sleeping bag and inflatable mattress in one of these boxes.” She waved at the stacks and piles in the den.
Ty linked his fingers through hers and shook his head. “You don’t want to sleep on the floor our first night in the new house, do you?”
She narrowed her eyes, studying him. “Ty? What did you do?”
He grinned but would say nothing, only tugged her to her feet and led her up the stairs. Their fingers still linked, he took her to the room at the end of the hall and nudged open the door. Then he stood back and did as his mama had always said
“We have a grill?” Edie clapped her hands. “In February?”
“We have a grill,” he confirmed with a grin. “On the deck. And I will gladly brave the weather to cook these steaks.”
“My hero.” She kissed him again, giddy with being here, with him.
H am and the moving truck wouldn’t arrive for a few days, but Ty had found a local superstore and stocked the kitchen with paper plates, plastic ware, and napkins. He’d even bought a plaid blanket, which Edie set out on the family room floor for their picnic.
It wasn’t the first meal they’d shared, but it was the first in their new house and it deserved attention. Ty lit some candles and brought out the bouquet of roses he’d hidden inside a cupboard. The balloons were now sneaking into the rest of the house.
“I left my present for you in the car,” Edie said when he handed her the small gift bag. “Darn it, Ty. This is too much.”
“It’s not too much,” he told her. “You can give me your present later. Open it.”
He held his breath as she pulled out the small velvet box. He’d bought her a ring months ago, but these earrings had had Edie’s name all over them. He’d spied them in the window of the small antique shop he’d passed on the way to the superstore. Small oval emeralds set in gold with a pair of wee diamonds at the top and bottom, they should have been too small to have caught his eye from a moving car, but when he’d slowed to stop at the light and turned his head, there they’d been, glinting.
He loved how she bit her lower lip when she was trying not to grin and give away her excitement. When she lifted the box’s lid, her bit-back grin faded. Ty sat up, concerned.
“You don’t like them?” To his surprise, tears glittered in her eyes and he reached for her automatically. “Babe?”
She waved a hand and shook her head, but let him gather her into his arms. She nestled her face against his chest. Her shoulders shook. Ty stroked her hair in silence. He didn’t know much, but he knew the best move a man with an armful of weeping woman could make was to keep quiet.
“They’re beautiful. All of this is incredible,” she said. “Perfect.”
“It’s Valentine’s Day. I had to do something special.”
“If I’d known you were going to be here, I’d have done something special, too.” Edie said, and looked up at him with wet eyes, but with the smile back on her face.
“You can make it up to me.”
“Oh, really?” She leaned to kiss him, and her lips tasted of salt. “However shall I do that?”
“Do the dishes.”
Laughing, Edie punched his chest lightly then gathered up the paper plates and put them in a pile. “Done. You’re easy to please.”
Ty snagged her wrist and pulled her closer, leaning back to pull her along with him. When she’d settled on top of him, he pushed her hair off her face and looked into her eyes. “Let’s go to bed.”
Since he had a king-sized bed and she’d only had a double in her small apartment, they’d agreed to use his. It was on the moving truck along with everything else. He had, however, found more than earrings at the antique store.
“I thought we’d have to camp out here. I sent a sleeping bag and inflatable mattress in one of these boxes.” She waved at the stacks and piles in the den.
Ty linked his fingers through hers and shook his head. “You don’t want to sleep on the floor our first night in the new house, do you?”
She narrowed her eyes, studying him. “Ty? What did you do?”
He grinned but would say nothing, only tugged her to her feet and led her up the stairs. Their fingers still linked, he took her to the room at the end of the hall and nudged open the door. Then he stood back and did as his mama had always said
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