“Love you too, Mads. I’ll call you next week. Tell Zane congratulations for me.”
“I will.” She paused. “It’s going to be okay, Mason. I can feel it.”
I hoped she was right.
When I got inside, I sent Thomas a message.
Me: Keep your calendar open for the first weekend in August.
Thomas: Why?
Me: We have a family wedding to attend.
Thomas: It’s on my calendar. Now get ready. I miss you.
I grinned.
Me: Miss you too.
We were ridiculous, but that’s what love does to a person. Made you see things differently than before. The sad moments in my life didn’t seem so overwhelmingly terrible with Thomas. I just needed to find a way to keep him forever.
“Where are we going?” We were headed downtown after Thomas picked me up for our date at seven p.m. sharp.
“It’s a surprise,” he said, smiling over at me. “You’ll have to wait and see.”
I bit the inside of my cheek. “I’ve had enough surprises to last a lifetime.”
Reaching over, he put his right hand on my thigh. “I know. But this is a good one, and you’re going to have to trust me. Think you can do that?”
Leaning over, I placed a kiss on his cheek as he drove. “I do. And if I forget to tell you, this is the best night of my life.”
“Mine too,” he whispered, giving me that look I now recognized as love.
I held his hand until Thomas pulled into the parking deck of a downtown high-rise. He parked the Escalade on the top deck, then turned off the engine. Smiling over at me, he popped the door locks and took off his seatbelt. “Ready?”
“More than.” Meeting him at the back of the car, he took my hand and led me to the elevator. “Are there restaurants in this building?”
“No. It’s residential.” He smirked as the elevator opened. Leading me inside, he pushed the button for the top floor as we stood hand in hand. Staring at us in the mirrored walls, Imarveled at how perfectly we fit together. Hip to hip, we were the same height. The difference came in my torso. He was sexy in his crisp dress shirt with his sleeves rolled to his elbows. Strong forearms dusted with dark hair caught my attention. I’d never noticed a man’s forearms before, but Tommy’s did something to me. And of course, he noticed me staring.
“You okay, sweetheart?”
God, I loved it when he called me that.Meeting his gaze in the mirrored door, I got a glimpse of a future I really wanted. “Perfect.”
When we reached our floor, we stepped onto a rooftop terrace with a stunning view of the sunset over the ocean. Pulling me to the left, I stopped in my tracks as my eyes fell across the top of the building. “Tommy,” I gasped, “what is this place? It’s incredible.”
His gaze drifted across the space before turning back to me. “A friend owns this. He created an oasis for himself and his wife. They’re out of town, so I thought we could have dinner and spend some time together. What do you think?”
“It’s perfect.”
The top of the building had been made into an outdoor living space that was intimate and private from surrounding buildings. Soft music drifted from the hidden speakers as I looked around the most romantic setting I’d ever seen. A barrier wall along the edge of the building surrounded the space with lush plants and palm trees. Walking to the edge, we took in the view of the darkening ocean.
“His architect did a fantastic job,” he murmured. “But there’s more for you to see.”
Pulling me toward the flowering vine-covered pergola, we found a raised platform against the back wall. The ambiance was accentuated with warm Edison lights and a fireplace where atable was set for dinner. “I thought we could have dinner here, then move over there to relax.”
Turning around, there was a U-shaped seating area with plush lounges, a million pillows and blankets, sat behind another firepit and facing a huge built-in movie screen. Looking up, the night sky was beginning to appear just for us. “This is perfect.”
Thomas’s eyes melted into mine. “I wanted this to be a night we wouldn’t forget.”
