Ten thousand acres of property that had been in his mother’s family for generations, and it finally had a willing captain back at the helm again. All he had to do now was convince his brother to come back, to claim the half share he wanted to transfer to him, and everything would be right in the world. Or at least as far as he was concerned it would be. And then there was Maddison. Could he really do it? Marry the one girl he’d loved all his life, but who’d never been more than a friend to him? The night before had been… exhilarating. Interesting, enjoyable and exhilarating. He had to make his mind up soon, because if he gave Maddison his word, he wasn’t going back on it. She deserved honesty above anything else, especially after how her ex had treated her, and that meant that if he actually proposed, he’d have to go through with it and not back down. But so long as she was happy with his terms, he’d have no reason to change his mind. He picked up his phone and sat down in the shade cast by his truck.
