Page 128 of Someday You Learn

“I figured celebrating our engagement in Greece might make you reconsider flying for a honeymoon.”

Her eyes well with tears. “Are you saying…”

“Since we met on a plane, it only seems fitting that I bring our story full circle this way.” I take a deep breath as I prepare to recite the speech I practiced. “You, Cashlynn O’Neil, are the love of my life. You have taught me so much about myself in such a short time, and if we weren’t flying right now, I’d take off my seatbelt and get down on one knee, but the flight attendant told me that I couldn’t.”

She laughs as I hear people start to murmur and peek their heads around to listen to us. I imagine someone must be recording, and since I’m already an internet sensation—yes, Willow continues to post videos of me—it only seems fitting that this gets broadcasted to the world as well.

“Will you be my fiancée for real this time, sweetheart?” I ask just as the pilot sends the plane up into the sky. But Cashlynn isn’t even focused on that, and my distraction tactic for takeoff is working perfectly.

“Will you marry me, make mistakes with me, and learn everything else that life has yet to teach us…with me? I want to have babies with you, grow old with you, watch you paint in your underwear and help you with inspiration when you need it,” I say, waggling my eyebrows. “I want to spend the rest of my life with you. What do you say? Care to make it official this time?”

She nods, her lips trembling. “Yes, Parker. Yes, I’ll marry you!”

When I pull her into me and seal my lips over hers, I hear applause ring out around us. We part and Cashlynn buries her face in my neck as my pulse thrums in my ears.

“I can’t believe you did that while we were taking off.”

“Well, it took your mind off it, didn’t it?”

Her eyes meet mine when she lifts her head. “Yeah, it did.”

“Then I’d say I’m being the best flight companion yet again.”

Sheholds my face in her hands. “And you’re the only one I want for the rest of our lives.”

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Chapter twenty-seven

Sneak Peek for Hazel

“There are a few stipulations to the will, of course.”

“Like what?”

Timothy McDonald, our town lawyer, lets out a heavy sigh. “Let me just say, I was opposed to this idea, but your aunt was insistent.”

When Diane Kingston died, it was a hard pill to swallow. We’d all known her COPD was worsening, but it still felt like a gut punch when it finally happened. And it reminded me of watching my own father pass away from cancer.

But then she left me her dog, and apparently an inheritance of some kind. To say I was shocked was an understatement because my friendship with her was completely authentic and sometimes, I’m not sure who benefited from it more—me or her.

But now I’m sitting next to her nephew, waiting to hear about what comes next as her estate is settled, but the man sitting next to me is making me extremelyunsettledbecause I’ve seen him before—when he was drawing a hummingbird on my arm almosta year ago.

“What are you talking about?” Gage—AKA hummingbird guy—asks, and suddenly the urge to throw up comes on pretty strong. I still can’t believe thathewas the man who made me question my sanity and singledom. Too bad he disappeared and I never saw him again—until now.

Timothy takes a deep breath. “Your aunt had amassed a total wealth of 10.2 million dollars.”

I can feel my eyes threaten to fall out of my head. “Holy shit.”

Gage blows out a breath. “I knew she had money, but not that much.”

“Yes, well she was smart with her investments and lived well below her means. She made a good living as an engineer and wanted to be able to pass down her wealth to the people that meant the most to her.”

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