Page 94 of The Complication with the Best Man

“I love you.” The words burst out of me. “I should have told you before now, but I was scared you didn’t feel the same way or might feel pressured to feel the same because of the baby, but after what happened today, I can’t keep it to myself anymore.”

Finn shakes his head. “I can’t believe you stole my thunder.”

I frown. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, I had fully planned to tell you that I love you. As soon as I woke up and realized I was still alive, that’s all I wanted to do.”

“You love me?” I whisper.

“You’re so easy to love, Harper. I never stood a chance.”

I want to crawl into his lap and make out with him, but given his ribs, I settle for placing a gentle kiss on his lips. “Don’t you dare scare me like that again. I can’t have the man I love putting his life in peril all the time.”

His eyes gleam with humor. “No promises.”

Movement out of the corner of my eye has me remembering that his parents are in the room with us. Guess it’s a good thing I couldn’t climb onto his lap and make out with him.

I force myself to back up from the bed, my cheeks hot with embarrassment. “Sorry.”

But Kathy and Len are grinning at us.

“Are you kidding me? Nothing could make me happier right now than what I just witnessed.” Kathy’s smile lights up her entire face.

“We’re so glad you’re all right, son. What happened out there?” Len asks.

Finn tells us about the call and how after he fell, the next thing he remembers is being transported to the ambulance. “The doctor told me that the girl is okay and that Shane, the other firefighter, made it out.”

“That’s good news,” Kathy says, pulling up a chair beside the bed.

Len brings another one over and motions for me to sit, which I do. Finn immediately holds his hand out so that I can hold it.

“Since I didn’t make it to breakfast, I never got to hear what you’re doing in town,” Finn says.

His parents share a look before Len clears his throat then shoves his hands in his pockets. “Your mother and I have decided. We’re selling the resort.”

My attention goes to Finn to see how he’s going to take this news. His face is laced with concern.

“What? Why?” Finn asks.

“It’s time. It’s been a struggle for years now, and your mom and I don’t want to struggle anymore.” He shrugs.

“But you didn’t want to ever sell it.”

Len glances at me for a beat before returning his attention to his son. “We didn’t want to sell it to a big conglomerate. But we were approached by Harper’s Uncle Wyatt, who made us a good offer. It will allow us to retire, and that feels right since we’re going to be grandparents.”

“That’s why Wyatt was asking me all kinds of questions that day when I was at your dad’s,” Finn says to me.

My uncle owns the Glacier Point` Resort here in town, as well as some other resorts around the country. It makes sense that he might be interested in acquiring Finn’s family resort.

“Are you guys sure you want to do this?” Finn asks them, obviously not sold on the idea.

Kathy nods. “We are. That’s why we’re in town. To meet with Wyatt and sign the papers now that our lawyer has looked everything over. It will be nice not to have to be tied to the resort for so many months of the year and have no time for anything else. To not have to worry during the offseason about what the coming months might be like. The stress of it was getting to be too much. We’re too old for that now.”

Finn looks between his parents. “What are you guys going to do with your time then?”

His mom grins. “Well… we had this crazy idea that maybe we’d move here.”

Finn’s eyebrows rise up to his hairline. “Lake Starlight?”

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