“God forbid?”
“Yeah, I mean, it will be fine. I’m looking forward to it.”
Ethan was silent. I reached for his hand and he squeezed it as he looked out onto the view.
“I’m sorry. I was thinking out loud. I shouldn’t do that. I just got overwhelmed coming back here, thinking back to our beginning and forgot my filter.”
“I don’t want you to filter anything. I’ve told you. I need you to talk to me and I’m glad you did,” he said. There was something in his voice that told me however much he wanted me to talk to him, he was disappointed with what I’d said.
“It doesn’t mean I have doubts. Not about you, or about us, Ethan.”
He squeezed my hand and kissed me on the corner of my lips, in the way that made me melt. “God forbid,” he said.
I lostcount of the number of courses when we got to five.
“I’ve never tasted anything like this,” I said. “I think they have wizards in the kitchen.”
“Wizards?” Ethan raised an eyebrow at me.
“I think so. No human can create things to eat like this. It’s magic. Is it what you thought it would be?”
“In some ways. Better because I’m sharing it with you, I think.”
“Wow, you have all the lines tonight.”
He chuckled. “I think maybe I lost one or two along the way tonight.”
“You did?”
“So, we’re going to make a stop on our way home, ring in the New Year and then go back to create an Everest of feathers in the living room to get naked on. Sound good?” he asked.
“Sure. Where are we seeing in the New Year?”
“You’ll see.”
I grinned at him. “I can’t believe I’m flying home tomorrow.”
“It’s gone quickly. But you’ll be back soon. You promise you’ll speak to them about your notice period?”
“I promise.”
“Because if they don’t shorten it to a month, I’m going to step in.”
“Ethan, you’re not going to do anything. I’ll deal with it. You’ve got other things to do—like clearing out closet space.”
“We can go shopping for the apartment when you get back if you like?”
“What for? What do you need?”
“Well, if you want to refurnish it or change things.”
“I love your apartment, just like it is. Why would I want to buy new things for it?”
“I want it to be our apartment.”
I grinned at him “Well, we might need some new pillows after tonight.”
“So,Miss Anna. One more view for you before we head home.”
