Dante’s Girl (The Paradise Diaries #1)(66)
Author: Courtney Cole

“So,” Dante stares down at me casually like he’s not holding 124 pounds in his arms.  “What’s a person do here for fun?”

“Have you ever heard of cow-tipping?” I ask him innocently.  He shakes his head and I explain and he looks at me dubiously.   And I can’t blame him.  It does sound like a contrived thing.

“Well, instead of cow-tipping, we could go security guard dodging,” I suggest, as I stare through the back window at Russell casing out my farmhouse.

Dante laughs.

“Security-Guard-Dodging?  That’s my girl.”

And he grabs my hand and we dart out the front door, leaving Russell standing in my back yard as we run outside and jump into my car.

And happiness bubbles up in me again and I grin.

Because Dante is right. I’m his girl.

I know it’s true because Dante Giliberti left paradise and came all the way to Hell’s Kitchen to prove it.

And because of that, I finally know that what Dante has been saying all along is true.  Love is all that matters.

It’s all we need.

I smile and turn the key and we tear off down my driveway as dust billows behind us.

And I know that Dante was right about something else, too.

Everything really will be okay.