from the brewery for my share. The land was already mine, given to me when I became of age. It was all set up by my great, great grandfather and passed down for generations. I know we don’t act like we’re millionaires, but babe, we’re millionaires.” He smiles wide, and all the air is sucked from my lungs.
I feel panic rising in my chest. “You…you have money. A lot of money,” I say, starting to pace. “Why in the hell were you living in that tiny two-bedroom apartment with us then?”
He shrugs. “Brad needed help and I wasn’t ready to put down roots here yet. Figured I’d buy myself some time and help out an old buddy at the same time. I didn’t know what I wanted until I had you anyway. Then it all made since. This is the only thing I want now.”
“So, like, we never have to work again if we didn’t want to?”
He laughs. “Nope.”
“And even if we have fifteen children, we’d be able to put them through college and feed them, right?”
He nods. “Feed them, clothe them, spoil them, pay for college, weddings, houses, you name it. It’s covered.”
I breathe out a sigh of relief as tears fill my eyes. I rush to his chest and pull myself against him. His arms hold me tight.
“What’s the matter? Most people are relieved when they have money, not panicked,” he jokes.
I shake my head. “I’ve just…I’ve been broke for so long. I’ve had to worry and stress about how I’m going to make this last twenty dollars feed me for a week and put gas in my tank to get to work. It’s just so relieving that I won’t have to do that anymore. I won’t have to worry about how I’m going to eat or pay a bill or how we’re going to take care of our family.”
His hands land on my hips and he picks me up, setting me down on the hood of the truck. His eyes land on mine. “You know what we need to do now?”
I laugh and wipe my tears away. “What?”
“Go car shopping. That little two-door car you have won’t do you any good when the kids come along. It will suck driving it down these country roads that never see a snowplow.”
I laugh and shake my head. “You’re not buying me a new car, Hudson. I’m not even pregnant yet.”
“Come on. I need to buy myself a truck too, so I can give this one back to Drake.”
“I’ll come with you to buy your tuck, but we’re not getting anything for me. Got it?”
“Fine,” he agrees, closing the distance between the two of us. His kiss makes me forget everything else.
I pull away slightly. “Hey, aren’t you supposed to punish me for something?”
He laughs. “Oh yeah. What do you say we have sex right here before the house is even built?”
I wag my brows. “I like the sound of that.”
His mouth is back on mine as his hands pull me against his chest. It only takes us minutes to have each other completely stripped down. He picks me up against him and presses my back to the side of the truck as he slides into me. We’re home.
It’s going on five when Hudson and I are leaving the dealership with his brand new, black Dodge Ram truck. He said that half his brothers are Chevy guys while the other half are Ford guys, but he didn’t want to pick either and went with the Dodge. I’m driving the new truck as he drives the old one back to Drake’s house. He pulls into the drive and I follow in after him. I love this truck. It’s so big, and it makes me feel powerful and important. I nearly pout when I shut off the rumbling engine and jump out, leaving the new car smell behind. Maybe I should’ve let him buy me a new car.
Drake must hear us pull up because he comes walking out of the house with a big smile. “Finally got that new truck, huh?” he asks, pulling Hudson in for a hug while taking back the keys to the old truck.
“Yeah. I’ve spent more money today than I have in my whole life,” he says, looking at the new truck.
“Yeah, I talked to Clay and he mentioned getting started on your house soon. Finally made up your mind?”
He nods. “Yeah, it didn’t take long. All I had to do was find the one I wanted