The helicopter rotor whomp-whomp-whomped overhead.

Penny pressed her hands to her lower back and arched. She and Brad had spent the day in the fields along with her other workers harvesting the produce for tomorrow’s farmers’ market. Before, she would have been in the bath, and then heading to bed alone.

Now, she sipped her wine, waiting impatiently.

When she heard the rumble of an engine zooming up the driveway to her farmhouse, she opened the door with a huge smile. She leaned against the doorframe, wineglass in hand, one foot on top of the other. Diego strode toward her in khakis and a blue button-down. He grabbed her around the waist and lifted her up. The light was fading but his eyes were bright and happy in the soft porch light.

His smile still had the power to bring her to her knees. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and held on, snuggling into the curve of his neck. His body was solid and real and constant against hers. “How was your day?” She pressed kisses up the side of his throat.

“You’re looking at the new proprietor of Ramos Repair and Restoration.” The empty garage at the edge of town was now his.

“You excited?”

“Yes. I handed over the day-to-day control to Raul this morning.” Diego laughed, the sound a rumble against her mouth, before he kissed her silly.

He finally accepted that he hadn’t been happy for a while. While he’d still be on the board of his company, he wanted to work with his hands again. And it turned out his cousin loved running the company.

Jeffrey London ended up not challenging the merger contract breakdown. Right now, he was embroiled in a pretty ugly divorce, and three of his former assistants had filed a sexual harassment suit against him.

After the fallout with London Automotive, Diego had discussed other ways to take Ramos CAR to the next level with the Breakfast Club and come up with another solution.

“With the release of the end-user app that Peter designed, we should hit billion-dollar valuation this month.” The beauty of the app was they didn’t need to add a significant number of employees and Peter had done the work for a percentage of the profits.

“Congratulations.”

“We’ll have to celebrate later.” His suggestive tone caused her belly to flutter.

She reached in the fridge and grabbed a bottle of local craft beer. “How’s your stomach?”

“It’s fine.” He smiled and brushed a lock of hair from her face.

The ulcer he had developed while working on the merger was mostly under control now, but Penny still couldn’t stifle the need to take care of him.

Penny handed him the beer. “Guess what?”

He grabbed her around the waist and hugged her closer. “What?”

“Next week when you head to Boston, I need to hitch a ride.” A deep satisfaction filled her. “I’ve got two new clients, a presentation to a major hospital group, and Duke and I are going to sit down and flesh out a bigger marketing plan.”

He put down his beer, and took her wineglass from her, setting it carefully on the scarred farmhouse table.

“Nice.”

She could hear the jealousy in his voice. “Don’t worry about Duke.”

Diego scooped her up into his arms and carried her toward the bedroom. “Why’s that?”

“I don’t want anyone but you.” Penny kissed him softly. “I love you.”

He tossed her onto the bed. She bounced and then he landed on top of her. “I love you too.”

There were so many points where their relationship could have gone downhill. Combining households had been interesting. Diego moving part-time to the country was a huge adjustment for a city boy. And for Penny, becoming Diego’s plus-one meant dressing up and going back into the society she’d shunned when she moved to western Mass and become a farmer.

But having someone to share her day with and wake up to in the morning had made all the difference in the world.

“You know what this means?”

“Hmm?” She didn’t really care. As long as he loved her, life was perfect.

“My life is no longer semi-charmed.”

Wait, what?

“It’s all the way charmed.”

Oh, she melted. “Mine, too.”

Because love was the best fortune of all.

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