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“I’m ready. Come on.” His eyes travel up and down my body before his mouth dips to my ear, his low chuckle tickling my neck.
“I don’t know about them, but you will definitely come tonight.”
Is he for real? I squeeze my legs, and a small gasp flees my mouth.
“Are you all right? You look shaken up.”
Sophia asks, and Damien grins. I shoot him a warning look. I’ll get him back or at least try.
“Everything is just perfect, just a little warm in here.” I fan myself.
Both Sophia and Alex eye me while Damien suppresses a grin.
“Let’s go, then.”
Once we’re all seated inside Alex’s Range Rover, we decide to eat at a nearby steakhouse. We walk inside the restaurant, and a rustic scene greets us—rich warm tones, wooden accents, and glass combined to add a touch of modern to the space, with brown leather booths and tables spread around the open area. We order, and Damien plays with my finger under the table.
“When will you two announce the happy news?” asks Sophia, her cheerfulness infectious.
“As soon as Quinn can be here.”
“You should talk to him. The sooner, the better.” For the first time, I don’t detect bitterness in Damien’s voice, only acceptance. I love this normalcy, us together with them.
“I don’t want to be the one to burst your bubble, but our mothers won’t appreciate the deadline, not at all.”
“Their problem, not ours. We could elope,” Damien deadpans.
“Damien, you can’t do that to them.”
“I’m sure they’ll be just fine. I’ll talk to Sarah too.”
Her expression softens as she asks, “Where do you plan to do it, anyway?”
“We haven’t talked about it.”
Sophia’s hands slap on the table, and she bends forward her mouth agape. “Honestly, you’re out of your minds. One month and no location, good luck with that.”
“I have a place in mind,” says Damien, and I tilt my head to him.
“Which one?”
“Our place.”
My heart flutters in my chest in acceptance. “It’s brilliant. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it myself.” We exchange a glance—one shared in intimacy, where no words are needed.
“With that settled, Alex and I will move to the States.”
“What?” Damien and I say at the same time.
“How did we get from planning a wedding to Alex and you moving across the ocean?” I ask.
“Someone has to take the new project over. I’ll lead it, at least for starters. We decided it in your absence, and Filip, as the one left in charge, signed off on it,” she says, taking a sip of water before continuing, “I oversaw it while you were out. By the way, your teams did great, and you should give them all raises. Actually, I already did that.” She grins at us, happy with her decision. “It was difficult finding excuses for why two of the most important members were absent, but I couldn’t tell the board members the truth that you were broken-hearted, now could I?”
“Sophia, what did you say to them?” Damien’s jaw twitches.
“That you caught something during your holidays. You’ll be unavailable while you recover.”
“What?” Damien shuts his eyes while I process all the implications of one piece of news after the other.
