“You like the omelet.” He winked. “Only wish I’d of had that same effect on you last night.”
I could feel my cheeks heat.
“Or did I have that effect on you last night?”
He leaned back against his chair and looked over at me, his eyes saying everything.
“I think you know exactly what effect you had on me last night. You just want me to confirm it.”
“So what if I do?”
I couldn’t tear my eyes from his. There was something so damn sexy about him. He scooted forward on his chair and leaned in, taking my mouth with his.
“What about breakfast?” I asked breathlessly as he kissed his way down my neck.
“The only breakfast I want right now is you,” he said, picking me up off the ground and carrying me inside.
I grabbed two coffees from Sip and Stir and headed out the front door, taking a seat on the bench just outside the coffeehouse. I glanced at my watch. I’d come to Vancouver to do a bunch of shopping, and about an hour ago my mother called, asking me to meet her. I hurried, and now I sat waiting; she was late, as usual. It shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did, since she was the one who’d called me.
I pulled my phone from my back pocket to see if Dylan had messaged, only to have a heavy feeling of disappointment follow when I saw there was nothing there.
“Aurora!” I heard my mother call.
I looked up and saw her walking toward me, waving. She was wearing a white pantsuit with a bright-green shirt underneath. She looked radiant, more so than I’d ever seen.
“Hey, Penelope,” I called, standing up. She wrapped her arms around me and then placed a kiss on my cheek.
“So good to see you, sweetie. Thanks for meeting me.”
“Of course, and I got you a coffee,” I said, holding up the cup for her to take.
She smiled. “Thanks, now let’s walk. Shall we?”
We headed across the street and into the park.
“How was the honeymoon?”
“Fantastic, Aurora. If you ever get a chance, you need to go to Europe. We ate in so many amazing places. We visited the Louvre, we dined in the Eiffel tower, we strolled through Luxembourg Gardens. Then we headed to Barcelona and finished the month in Prague.”
I’d never known my mother to be interested in travel, never mind to any of the places she’d just mentioned. It still shocked me that, almost overnight, Penelope had become an entirely different person. Never mind that she had called and asked to see me. I couldn’t in my entire life remember a time that she was interested in anything Walker, or I ever did.
“So, why did you want to see me?” I questioned.
“Can’t your mother want to spend time with you?”
“Of course,” I replied.
“Okay then. I just wanted to check in with you, see how school was going.”
I frowned, unsure of why she was even asking. I felt like I was living in some sort of alternate universe.
“Good, only a couple more months and I’ll have my degree.”
“How was your last exam? I ran into Lorelai’s mother. She said that you two are studying harder than ever.”
“Yep, we get our grades back for that exam tomorrow, but things are looking amazing.”
“Have I told you how proud I am of you? You wanted something, and you reached out and took control. Something that I’ve failed to do during my life.”
