Mail Order Mystery: A Brides of Beckham Book (Chance City Series Book One) by Deeter Robin

Author:Deeter, Robin [Deeter, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“You can’t just ask her like that,” Daphne said a couple of nights later.

Cy frowned. “I already asked her in my letter. We agreed to get married. I want to have the ceremony soon.”

“You don’t have a romantic bone in your body, do you?”

He took offense to her disapproval. “Yes, I do, but I don’t have a lot of time for that right now. I’m knee deep in this Branson robbery and she’s knee deep in work around here. Unfortunately, for me, there’s never gonna be a perfect time to have the wedding. Leigh understood that from the beginning.”

Daphne crossed her arms over her chest and leaned back against the sofa. “You could at least take her out to dinner and ask her then.”

Cy passed a hand over his face in frustration. “I never know when I’m going to be done for the day and she’s tired. I doubt she feels like getting all gussied up after working so hard. Besides, I don’t have a ring.”

Daphne’s mouth dropped open. “You didn’t buy her an engagement ring?”

“No! I don’t want a long engagement and neither does she,” Cy said. “What’s the sense in buying her an engagement ring when we’re going to get married in a month? It’s not like it’s going to take long to plan a ceremony since there aren’t a lot of people attending it.”

Unbeknownst to them, Leigh stood on the stairs, fingers pressed to her mouth to hold in her mirth. She hadn’t meant to eavesdrop, but she’d overhead them when she’d been coming downstairs. Although it was wicked of her, she was enjoying listening to Daphne taking Cy to task for his lack of romantic gestures.

Daphne said, “Men.”

“Why do women always say that? The truth is that I’d rather put the money I’d spend on an engagement ring into a really pretty wedding band since she’ll wear that for the rest of our lives. I want it to make her happy whenever she looks at it,” Cy said.

Leigh’s heart swelled over the sweetness of his statement. Daphne unwittingly echoed her sentiments.

“Goodness, I don’t even know what to say to that,” Daphne said. “I’m surprised to hear you say such a thing after everything that happened with Valerie.”

Leigh’s ears perked up at that. Who was Valerie?

Cy’s scowl returned. “I don’t want to talk about that. I just want to move forward … with Leigh. She’s quite a woman.”

Daphne chuckled. “So you like her, hmm?”

Cy grinned. “What’s not to like? She’s beautiful, fun, smart, and she knows what she’s doing around here. Watching that water flowing into that field today was amazing. Sly said that she designed the whole thing and it worked perfectly.”

His overall approval of her was a huge boost to Leigh’s self-esteem. The kitchen door banged open, making her jump, and the dogs barked as they rushed to greet their guest.

“Hey, guys!” Johnny called out. “Where are you?”

“In the parlor,” Cy answered. “Don’t bang the door like that!”

Leigh shrank back against the wall, hoping that Johnny wouldn’t see her as he passed by the stairs.

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