Brad pulled up at the inn, the early hour of the morning cool enough to make him smile. Of course, soon enough, it would be boiling hot, with the humidity supposed to be off the charts today.
He got out of his truck and started unloading the lumber he’d picked up the previous evening. He hadn’t gone to Mount Vernon Hills, and he didn’t have a a crew with him at The Heartwood Inn.
No, he wanted to build every inch of the outdoor wedding hall for Celeste—and then ask her to marry him in it.
Their new relationship was only a couple of weeks old, but it was going well. He’d only had to take a couple of steps back after the apology, and they’d been moving forward at full steam since.
In fact, he’d be seeing her for lunch that day, as it was Tuesday, one of her lightest days for events at th
