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“I want you to have the best. You deserve that, Nova.”
Her face is unreadable for a second.
Then she moves toward me.
One step.
Two.
Her hand lands in the collar of my flannel jacket and then she’s pulling me down. I’m too impatient to wait for her lips, so I’m the one who dives in, my eager mouth claiming hers.
I slide my hand up her back, skating against fabric and warm skin and pushing her into me.
For several moments, Nova kisses me, breathes my air and makes my chest ache with happiness.
Then she breaks away and her excited smile nearly knocks me back a step.
“Grab a basket.”
I realize we’re going to need more than a basket in about one minute flat.
In two minutes, I realize I’ve unleashed a monster.
Nova darts around the store like a zombie butterfly in a flower garden. She finds the weirdest pieces of stationary interesting—pens, index cards, notebooks, pencil holders.
By the third row, I’m as bored as a child in the curtain aisle, but Nova moves like someone lit a fire under her.
We’ve got two attendants pushing shopping carts behind us by the time an hour is up.
“Are you sure we have to go?” Nova groans.
I check my watch. I hadn’t anticipated how much she’d like this surprise. We’ll be late if we don’t hurry. “Yes.”
We check out and I set my card on the counter before Nova can do something as foolish as try to pay.
The number that displays nearly breaks the cash register.
“I can’t believe I’m spending so much on stationary.” I shake my head as I shove the purchases in the backseat of my car.
“I’ll use all of it.”
“I know you will.” I shut the door and slide my hands around her waist. “Should I just buy you the entire store?”
“Let’s not get carried away.” She laughs.
My phone alarm goes off.
As much as I want to kiss the life out of her, we really have to go.
My second surprise takes us to the airport for the private jet I rented. Nova’s been traveling with me before, but this time is different.
We’re on a date.
We’re together.
After all the years I’ve been pining for her, it’s go big or go home.
I don’t tell her where we’re going, but she figures it out when she sees the Eiffel Tower.
