Page 57 of Her Billionaire's Baby Secret

“Yes, we do. I’m okay with it though. Let some younger family enjoy that home. I don’t need all that space for just me.”

That was a good attitude to have about it. At least she wasn’t regretting her decision to move. “Have you seen Sariah lately?”

“All the time. That girl still loves you, you know. When are you going to ask her to marry you?”

“Oh, we’re talking about marriage, are we?” Kane chuckled. “It’s still a little soon for that. Sariah and I have a lot to discuss before we can start making huge commitments.”

“What is there to discuss? You love her, and she loves you. It sounds like a done deal to me.”

His grandma was making an assumption that Sariah loved him. But she was right about him being in love with Sariah. Not that he’d told anyone that. He’d only just realized it himself the other day. There was something about being away from Sariah that helped him see the truth of how he felt.

“Well, for one thing I’m going to be a dad.”

His grandmother didn’t look surprised even though he hadn’t told her about the baby yet. “I was wondering when you were going to spill the beans on that.”

“How did you know about it?”

“Oh, come on. I live in Maple Creek. You know secrets don’t last here.”

Kane had to laugh. It was all he could do at this point. All that mattered was that the merger had gone through, and somehow, miraculously, no one from the other company had gotten upset about his drama.

“When are you going to see Sariah?”

“I was planning to go over there when she gets off work.”

“Well, that’s in the next thirty minutes. I say you go over to her shop and surprise her before she leaves for the day.”

“I like the way you think.” He didn’t think he could wait much longer to see her. “You won’t miss me too much?”

“You’ll come back and see me tomorrow, won’t you?”

“I wouldn’t miss it.”

He said his goodbyes and then headed across town toward Sariah’s jewelry shop. He passedFresh Cut Flowers, the shop his friend Layla owned. He stopped by and bought a bouquet of flowers for Sariah. She’d loved irises in high school. He hoped that was still the case. He hadn’t seen her in weeks, and he wanted to make an entrance.

He arrived at Sariah’s shop and pushed open the door with the flowers in his hand.

She looked up and saw him, her face brightening. “Kane. You’re back.”

She looked even more beautiful than he’d remembered. There was something about being away from the one you loved that made them more appealing. She was with a customer, but she asked one of her employees to take over and she approached Kane.

He reached out to hand her the floral arrangement. “These are for you.”

She didn’t take the flowers and didn’t say a word, she just grabbed his face and kissed him. He relaxed into her, still holding the bouquet. “Nice to see you, too.”

“Thank you for the flowers,” she whispered against his mouth. “I missed you.”

“I missed you too.”

“Do you want to get out of here?” She smiled up at him.

“I never thought you’d ask.”

She took the bundle of irises from him. “I just need to get my things. I’ll meet you out front, okay?”

When she came outside with her purse and the bouquet, she looked up at him. “You remembered after all these years that irises are my favorite.”

“I told you, I remember everything.”

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