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I nodded at Demi’s father, and he smiled in return.
Well, I was trying.
Everyone was making their rounds and saying hello, and Brinkley and Lincoln had flown in and made it just in time. Lionel hugged us both before attaching himself to Lincoln because he was a big football fan. Nash and Cutler went to say hello to a few people as Kingston strolled over our way.
“Well, look at you two. You’re glowing, brother.” He smirked, the cocky little fucker.
“And you’re so full of shit your eyes are brown.” I loved to dish it back to him.
His head fell back in laughter, and a few of the ladies shushed him, but he didn’t care.
“I guess I was born full of shit, then?”
“I think what he meant to say was thank you,” Ruby said, wrapping her arms around my brother. I loved how close they were. Kingston and I didn’t have a lot of family, with Grammie being our last living relative that we knew of. But we’d found our extended family here. Most of them being right in this room with us.
“Oh, I have something for you.” Kingston reached into his pocket and pulled out two sticky notes, because he was a wiseass and never missed an opportunity to fuck with me.
He handed Ruby hers first, and she looked down before reading it aloud. “You look beautiful today, Queen Ruby.”She shook her head and smiled. “You wrote this before you saw me.”
“What can I say? I can see the future. I knew you’d show up here in your pretty gray sundress, looking like a vision.”
“Are you done flirting with my girl, asshole?”
He handed me a sticky note, and I looked down and read it to both of them. “Grammie needs more flowers for her garden. Stop slacking on the job, you sack of shit.”
I glared at him as he used his hand to cover his laughter. “Demi’s mom is calling me over. I’ll be right back. Hey, flip that note over, brother. There’s more on the back.”
He walked away, and Ruby glanced over, and we read it together.
Happiness looks good on you, brother. And yes, I’m telling you that I love you on a sticky note.
“This sticky note thing has taken on a life of its own,” Ruby whispered as she leaned against me. “But he’s right. Happiness looks good on you.”
“Yeah? I can live with that, I guess. I just don’t want to tarnish my reputation for being an asshole.”
“Your reputation is still solid; don’t you worry about it.”
Hayes, Nash, Cutler, and Kingston all walked over, with Peyton and Saylor right behind them, just as Lincoln and Brinkley hurried over to us.
“Okay, Romeo said they are two minutes out,” Nash said, making sure they all heard him. Everyone stopped talking, and I glanced around the space. They’d covered it in those lights I’d used a few weeks ago when I’d tried to impress Ruby. There werehay bales and buckets of flowers all around. We were having dinner after this out on their property.
Voices came from the other side of the door, and Cutler’s eyes widened, and I waggled my brows at him. He used his chubby little hand to cover his mouth, and Nash raised a brow in warning to keep it quiet.
Demi was laughing, and Ruby found my hand, knowing they were close.
“I think dinner’s probably ready. Why do you want to go in here?” Demi said as the door started to slide open.
“I have a surprise for you, baby,” Romeo said, and Peyton held up her fingers like she’d warned us she would in the three hundred fucking texts she’d sent about how this would go down.
When she held up the third finger, we all shouted, “Surprise!”
Demi startled, Romeo laughed, and everyone cheered. Demi’s gaze moved around the group, and her eyes were wide as they stopped on her brother. She ran toward him and threw herself into his arms. “What are you doing here?”
“You’re about to find out,” Slade said as he set her back down on her feet.
Romeo was right there when she turned around. The romantic fucker had dropped down on one knee.
Damn, the dude was smooth.
