Kiss by Kiss (Riggins Brothers #3) - Kaylee Ryan Page 0,90

Elijah and his sidekick were both charged with fraud and extortion. They’re both serving two-year sentences in county jail. I’d love to say that I feel bad about it, but I don’t. They knew they were breaking the law. It was their choice to do so.

I was finally able to hire two full-time employees, and they are working out fantastically. Aspen and I have not had three full days off since we moved here, so that’s another reason to celebrate on this little weekend getaway.

“Jase and Sam are coming up tomorrow. They’re bringing Aria too,” Royce says, looking at his phone, and pulling me out of my thoughts.

“Oh, good.” Lena claps her hands. “Another baby to love on. You know—” she starts, but Sawyer interrupts her.

“We’re pregnant.”

I look over to find my brother grinning like a fool. He’s looking at his wife with so much love in his eyes. “Babe, I thought you wanted to wait?”

“I couldn’t do it.” She laughs. “We’re all here together, and I had to tell them.”

Royce has eyes for no one but her as he walks to where she’s sitting, holding Carter, and drops to his knees. “I love you.”

“Finally!” Stanley laughs. “I’m tired of fighting your momma for Carter. She’s a baby hog, that one.” He points at Lena accusingly. However, the smile on his face and that look in his eyes, the same one that Royce is giving Sawyer, is unmistakable.

We all take our turns passing out hugs and handshakes of congratulations, and just like that, the best day got even better. I don’t think that anything could top this. I’m surrounded by the people I love. Our bellies and our hearts are full. What more could you ask for?

Dad pulls out his guitar, and to my surprise, Stanley does the same. We spend the next hour requesting songs, singing along, and just being together.

“I’m going to get a drink from the cooler. You need anything?” Grant asks me.

“No, thanks.”

He stands and bends to kiss my lips before making his way to the other side of the fire where the cooler is sitting. I watch him as he stops and chats with our fathers for a few minutes. The three of them are wearing matching smiles. My heart is full, and the butterflies are in full swing.

Speaking of butterflies, I have a surprise for Grant later tonight. With the help of his brothers, I found out who did his tattoo and got the same exact one, swapping his name for mine. It’s on my hip, and it hurt like hell. It’s been hard to not wince when he touches me, and thankfully we’ve both been busy this week so that we could take off for this trip. What that means is that no naked time, so hiding it has been easy.

Grant comes back and places his bottle of water on the ground by my chair, and holds his hand out for me. “Let’s take a walk.”

Placing my hand in his, we stroll toward the edge of the mountain. The final remnants of the setting sun are disappearing beyond the horizon. “It’s beautiful here,” I say as Grant wraps his arms around me from behind.

“You’re beautiful.” He kisses the top of my head. “Can you see it? Us spending holidays here. Our kids running and playing with their cousins?”

“I can see it,” I say, turning in his arms. “I have a surprise for you later.”

“Yeah? Does that mean you’re sleeping in my room tonight?”

“That’s where all of my things are.”

He nods. “Good. I wasn’t looking forward to not having you next to me.”

“You know in your arms is my favorite place to be.”

“I’m glad you think that,” he says, pressing a kiss to my lips. Pulling back, he raises his hand in the air, and before I can ask him what he was doing, the song that our fathers were playing changes.

“This is it,” he says.

“Yeah, I love this song.” Scotty McCreery definitely has a hit on his hands with this one.

He takes a step back and drops to one knee. “No, Rory. This is it. This is our moment.” He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a ring box. I watch as his hands tremble, opening the box and pulling the ring from inside.

My hand covers my mouth, and tears are already welling in my eyes. “Grant,” I breathe.

“This is our moment. The one where we decide to spend the rest of our lives loving one another. The one where the dreams