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Th? edge ?f th? horizon w?? g?tting lighter ?nd h? ??uld ??? th? moving ?utlin? of the w?v??. Th?? slowly m?d? th?ir w?? back t? th? lounge ?h?ir, thi? tim? sitting ?id? b? side and m?r? alert.
"It d???nd?. I u?u?ll? sign a thr?? m?nth ??ntr??t and then t?k? ??m? tim? ?ff in b?tw??n but my fir?t tim? I w?? ?n f?r ??v?n m?nth?."
"How l?ng h?v? you b??n ?n th? ?hi? n?w?"
"It'? all w?ird because ?f thi? celebrity ?rui??," Sk? ?x?l?in?d. "I signed a thr?? m?nth contract but thi? ?rui?? ??m? after I had ?nl? w?rk?d a month. B???u?? th?? didn't h?v? as many ?????ng?r? th?? didn't n??d th? wh?l? ?r?w, so I w?? ?n a ?m?ll br??k b?f?r? Louis called m? in."
"Wh?t?"
"I w??n't ?u?????d t? w?rk this week, but I got called in last minut?."
"We almost didn't m??t?" h? asked in disbelief. This ???t w??k w?uld h?v? b??n drastically diff?r?nt if ?h? h?dn't b??n w?rking.
"Y??h, I ?lm??t didn't make the ship," she ??id. "A?tu?ll? I mu?t h?v? l?nd?d ?l??? t? wh?n ??u did because I was greeted by ??ur f?n? when I l?nd?d in Mi?mi. I w?? ??tu?ll? ?t baggage ?l?im when you came thr?ugh."
"You w?r? ?utting it ?l???. I was ?n? of th? last ?????ng?r? ?n the ?hi?." Knox ?mil?d thinking ?b?ut h?w h? h?d b??n ?? ?l??? t? wh?r? Sky was b?f?r? he ?v?n kn?w her.
"I'm gl?d ??u made it," h? ??id,
"Me too."
"When will ??u b? ?ff the ship next?" h? asked.
Sk? was silent ?? ?h? th?ught ?b?ut it. "In about two m?nth?."
Now it w?? Knox's tim? t? be qui?t ?? h? tri?d t? think ?b?ut hi? t?ur schedule.
"I'm not ?ur? wh?r? I will be but no matter wh?t, I want to ??? ??u," he ??id, l??king d?wn ?t th?ir interlaced fing?r?.
He l??k?d u? wh?n Sk? w?? ?il?nt and ???r?h?d h?r eyes, ??m?thing giving him ?n uneasy f??ling.
"I kn?w it? not id??l, but ?? ???n as we can m??t u?, I'll m?k? it h????n. Y?u can fly ?nd meet me," h? ??id hurriedly.
Knox r??liz?d h? had been ?? focused ?n Sky h? h?dn't th?ught ?b?ut th? ?nd ?f th? cruise, but h? kn?w h? had t? see h?r ?g?in. A? h? thought about it, tw? m?nth? f?lt lik? a long tim? after ???nding almost ?v?r? w?king hour with h?r, but they would b?th b? bu?? and it would g? b? f??t?r than they thought.
"N?," Sky ??id simply.
He looked at h?r confused. Whi?h ??rt w?? she ???ing no to?
"Or I ??n fl? to ??u t??," h? ?ff?r?d, ?lr??d? m?nt?ll? trying t? r?m?mb?r when hi? scheduled br??k? were.
"Knox," ?h? ??id ??ftl?, h?r h?nd? g?ntl? cupping hi? face as ?h? ?ull?d him ?ut ?f hi? thoughts. He ?t????d, f??u?ing on her and found h?r ???? l??king a little ??d.
"Thi? is g??db??."
CHAPTER 31 - “KNOX, WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC.”
A? th?ir conversation had ?r?gr????d, Sk? had tri?d t? br??? herself f?r this ??rt, but n?thing h?d ?r???r?d her for th? way ?h? would feel ?n?? th? words w?r? ?ut of her m?uth. It had b??n ???? to li?t?n to Knox's ?t?ri?? ?nd f?rg?t ?b?ut wh?t w?uld h????n ?n?? m?rning ??m?. But n?w it w?? fin?l. Th? words w?r? ?ut there ?nd ?h? ??uldn't t?k? th?m b??k.
"Wh?t do ??u m??n?" h? ??k?d. H? pulled ?w??. H? ???r?h?d h?r ????, a ?light frown ?r???ing hi? forehead.
"I mean, it h?? b??n th? b??t week..." ?h? ??id.
"I agree," h? ??id, jum?ing on h?r w?rd?. "It'? b??n amazing. Y?u m?k? me laugh ?nd ?ll I want is t? ???nd m?r? tim? with ??u. It d???n't matter what we d?, it? ju?t fun being ?r?und ??u."
"Y?u m?k? m? l?ugh t??," she ?dmitt?d.
"So let's keep it g?ing. I kn?w it can f??l ?v?rwh?lming but..."
