A Suspicion of Strawberries (Scents of Murder Book 1) (25 page)

“I’m really glad you’re here.” My nose was running, so I fumbled for a tissue in my purse.

“Here’s what kept me away. Had to find it, order it. Then it was on backorder so I had to go somewhere else to pick it up ’cause I didn’t want to wait.”

Numb, I nodded, still looking for a tissue. By the time I found one and blew my nose, Ben had produced a small velvet box and gotten down on one knee. I dropped my purse and grabbed my throat.

“Andromeda Clark,” Ben said in a husky voice, “I have loved you for too long without making the commitment to you that I should have. I want to be with you always. I want your face to be the first thing I see in the morning—”

“Oh, you poor thing, I get real bad bedhead.”

“Stop. I’m tryin’ to do this right so we can tell our children all about it someday.”

Children. Oh
. I’d think about that another time. But what a ring. The diamond flashed with the glimmer of a star that had been plucked from the sky and inserted in a gold setting.

“I’m sorry. Go ahead. I need to learn to be quiet.” My hands trembled. In truth, I’d dreamed of a day like this. I wanted to be with him always, to learn to live with him as his wife. Maybe we wouldn't be average newlyweds, but we still had plenty of years to build a wonderful life together.

Ben cleared his throat. “I want your face to be the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see at night. I’m tired of being on the road, and I want to live the adventure at home. With you. Say you’ll marry me, Ands.”

“Oh, I will!”

With that, he slid the diamond solitaire onto my finger, and we sealed the agreement with a kiss. Adventure? Did he mean adventure by planning a wedding, building a house, running a business, and getting used to being around each other all the time? Well, bring it on.

Andi's adventures continue in books two and three of Scents of Murder:

The Wiles of Watermelon

The Perils of Peaches

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Lynette Sowell loves to spin adventures for the characters who emerge from story ideas in her head. She desires to take readers on an entertaining journey and hopes they catch a glimpse of God’s truth along the way. Lynette is a Massachusetts transplant who lives in central Texas. She loves to read, travel, spend time with her family, and also tries not to kill her houseplants, although her tropical hibiscus contemplated pressing charges one winter.