Loree Lough - Suddenly Reunited

But admitting that would only upset her, and Doc Parker had made it clear what could happen if she got riled.

“I wanted to surprise you,” he began his next lie, “so while you were—while you were out riding Triumph, I, ah, I built them.”

Gabrielle turned partway around. “But Drew, you said once that you didn’t want to change anything in this house, in case your mother ever came home.”

If he hadn’t had his arms wrapped around her, he’d have slapped himself in the forehead. She’d called him a jerk that night. And she’d been right, he admitted. Because who else but a jerk—a mama’s boy—would say a thing like that to his new bride, to the woman he’s supposed to love?

Drew gave her a gentle squeeze. “I guess after twenty years, it’s fair to say she won’t be coming back. You’re the most important woman in my life, Gabby. Have been from the minute I laid eyes on you, will be ’til I draw my last breath.”

Facing him, she dropped the clothes onto the floor and threw her arms around his neck. “What a wonderful, thoughtful thing to do.” Standing on tiptoe, she pressed a kiss to his chin. “I love you so much!”

He shrugged as a blush darkened his weathered cheeks, because as usual she was overreacting. He’d built a few lousy, lopsided shelves in a hundred-year-old ranch house, when she deserved a mansion on a hill. “It’s a few boards and a couple of nails. Let’s not get all mushy about it, okay?”

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