Miles: An Army Wives Novel
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He chuckled. “And I appreciate that, but we have one little stop to make first, okay?”
“All right.”
Miles guided me out of the airport and we hopped into his truck—very sexy—and headed into the heart of the city. I shot him a look when we pulled into a dusty, vacant lot in front of a plain warehouse. “We’re having lunch here?”
“Yes ma’am.”
“Okay…”
Miles flashed me a grin. “Just trust me.”
He ran around to let me out of the passenger side and took me by the hand around the side of the building. A blast of music was coming out of a side door that was propped open. I spotted another truck parked across the lot. “This way,” he said, going through the open door.
The music was deafening inside.
“Yo, Finn! Turn it down!” Miles shouted.
A man in torn jeans and a white tank appeared and the music died. “Sorry, boss man.”
“No worries. I just wanted to stop by and show my girl around.” Miles wrapped an arm around my waist and I smiled. I loved it when he called me his girl. “Come on over and say hello.”
The man approached. He was tall, broad shouldered, and with dark hair that looked like it had streaks of auburn under the harsh lights throughout the warehouse. “Hey, Mrs. Warren. Name’s Finn Clarke.”
“Nice to meet you, Finn. You can call me Penny.”
He shook my hand briefly and then pocketed his hands. “Well, we’re making good progress here. I have the front desk stained and working on the cabinets now.”
That explained the dark marks on his fingertips.
Miles nodded. “Awesome. Finn’s my mechanic, but he’s handy with furniture as well so I brought him on early to help me get things set up around here. You’re looking at the future home of the Open Road Garage.”
I glanced around the open space, my mind filling in the details that were currently missing from the parts Miles had talked about over the past few weeks. “It’s perfect. Well, it will be.”
Miles and Finn laughed. “Yeah, still a long way to go before opening day,” Finn said.
“I just wanted you to see it,” Miles added. He glanced at Finn. “You wanna go grab us some tacos from that food truck down the road?”
“Sure thing.” Finn started towards the door Miles and I had just come in through. “It was nice to meet you, Penny.”
“You too, Finn!”
Finn disappeared and Miles swung me around to face him. My arms rested on his shoulders and I looked up into his eyes that were clearly shining with pride. “I’m so happy for you, babe. This place is going to be amazing. I can’t wait to see it once it’s up and running.”
“Thanks, baby. That means a lot. I know it hasn’t been easy to get to this point, but it’s been really cool watching it all come together.”
I smiled and brushed a strand of his hair from his forehead. “Finn seems nice.”
“Yeah. He’s from my unit. He’s reserves now but he’s a cool guy.”
I nodded. “And taco fetcher?”
Miles laughed. “I just needed a minute alone with you.”
“For what? We have all night, all week, all…whatever…to be alone. I live here now, remember?”
“Of course I do,” he said, grinning at me. “But this is something I wanted to tell you, while we were here.”
“Okay?” I arched a brow at him.
“I wanted you to see this place so that I could properly thank you for taking a chance on me and this whole wacky scheme.”
“I’d say it worked out pretty well for both of us,” I replied, smirking at him.
He placed a finger on my lips. “I kinda have a speech here,” he said softly.
“Okay. Continue.”
“If you’d asked me a few weeks ago, I would have stood here and said that this is my future. This shop. This business. But now…” He pulled me another inch closer. “I look at you and I see my future right in front of me. You, Penny, you are my future.”
Tears stung my eyes at his sweet words.
“I know this all started as some crazy idea that was a huge gamble for both of us. But that’s all changed. I want to throw away all the timeline bullshit and just be us. You and me. Ride or die.”
“Miles, I—”
He kissed me warmly. “Penny, what I’m asking is whether you will stay my wife?”
I laughed as I brought my lips back up to his. “That’s a helluva proposal, Miles. How could I possibly say no?”
“Pretty sure you can’t. I mean, if you were crazy enough to say yes the first time…”
I smacked him on the arm and then tugged him down to press my lips to his again. That was the only way I’d found so far to get him to shut up for more than a few minutes at a time.
“I love you, Penny Warren,” he said, breaking away from the kiss.
“And I love you, Miles Warren.”
I held up my finger. “I just have one question…”
“What’s that?”
“Do we really have to wait for Finn to get back with those tacos or can we go bask in our newlywed glow?”
“Vote one for basking,” Miles replied, gathering me into his arms and carrying me out the door and off into the sunset.
Just the way it should be. And would always be.
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