Orchard Valley Grooms: A Romance Novel Valerie\Stephanie by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, General, Small Town & Rural, Collections & Anthologies
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2017-04-25T05:13:14+00:00

Her father was sitting on the porch when Valerie and Colby pulled up in front of the house late that afternoon.

“Did you tell Dad you were coming after me?”

“I didn’t know it myself until I left here. Before I realized what I was doing, I was on the freeway, racing after you like a bat out of hell. I didn’t have a clue what I was going to say when I found you.”

Valerie tucked her hand in his and pressed her cheek to his shoulder. “You looked like you wanted to bite my head off.”

“I looked like a man who was calling himself every kind of fool in existence.”

“For coming after me?”

“No,” he said quietly. “For letting you go.”

Valerie rewarded him with an appreciative kiss on the corner of his mouth.

Colby groaned softly. “I’m not going to want a long engagement. The sooner we can arrange this wedding, the better.”

“I couldn’t agree more.”

Colby kissed her lightly on the lips. “I have the sneaking suspicion your father hasn’t moved since you took off for the airport.”

They’d been gone for hours, returning the rental car to Portland, and then stopping for an elegant lunch in an equally elegant restaurant. Before leaving the city, they’d visited a well-known jewelry store where Valerie chose a beautiful solitaire diamond engagement ring. That very ring was on her finger now. It felt as if it had always been there.

“About time you two got back,” her father said as Colby helped her out of his car. “I was beginning to worry.”

“How’d you know we were coming?” Colby asked.

“I knew before you left here that you’d be back with Valerie before the end of the day.”

“Dad, you couldn’t possibly have known.” She waited for a protest, but none came. Her father sat back in his rocker and grinned happily.

“Oh, I know more than that about what’s going to happen to you two.”

“He’s going to talk about that dream again,” Valerie murmured, slipping her arm around Colby’s waist and smiling up at him. He brought her close to his side.

“Love’s shocked you both,” David said, wagging a finger at them. “But there are a few more shocks in store for you. Just wait and see what happens when my twin grandsons are born.”

“Twins?” Colby echoed incredulously.

“You’re going to name them after their two grandfathers. The blond one will be David, and he’ll be the spitting image of me.”

“Twins,” Colby said again.

“I don’t know,” Valerie said with a laugh. “I could get used to a few surprises now and then, especially if it means I can be with you.”

Colby gazed down at her and Valerie realized her father was right. Love had caught them unawares, but it was the best surprise of their lives.

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