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Is this really happening?

How in the world did I get this lucky?

I can’t believe this is actually happening.Not only have I met the love of my life. Now I get to marry him.

I smile, eyes welling with tears. “You proposing to me, cowboy?”

“Only because you proposed to me, cowgirl.”

“It’s a hell yes for me.”

He grins. “It’s a hell yes for me too.”

The cowboys bang their boots on the floor. Sally hog-whistles. John B starts to weep. And Cash just keeps on kissing me.

“One other thing,” he says when he finally allows me to come up for air. “I think I like the sound of Lucky River Ranch better. You added a letter to your name—Luck became Lucky—so let’s take one away from mine. Evens it out. Since we’re equals and all.”

Like I could say no to that.

“Yes,” I breathe, going up on my toes to wrap my arms around his neck. “Yes. Yes.Yes, Cash.”

We kiss. Then people are pulling us in for hugs. Patsy is crying. Wheeler is crying.

I’m crying.

But I know I’ll be all right, because I’m home.

I end up in Cash’s arms again, his lips finding mine for another searing kiss.

“Get a room,” Wyatt says with a smile.

Sally shakes her head. “Champagne toast first.Thenthe room.”

“I like the sound of that.” I wipe my eyes.

Cash grins. “Cheers, y’all.”

Epilogue

CASH

Wear the Hat

It’sthe kind of fall day I live for.

Blue skies, lots of sun. A breeze that’s cool but not cold, refreshing in the best way.

Mollie’s arm hangs out the pickup’s passenger-side window. She’s singing along to the Rascal Flatts song playing on the stereo, bopping her head to the beat. Her hair catches in the wind and blows around her face in a coppery-brown halo.

Tucking it behind her ear, she catches me looking at her and grins. “Eyes on the road, cowboy.”

“Easier said than done when you’re riding shotgun.”

“Did I not take care of you already this morning? Twice?”

My body pulses at the memory of Mollie on her back in my bed and then on her knees in the shower.

“What can I say?” I lift my hand off her thigh. “I make the most of my days off.”