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Her smile fell when she noticed my expression.
Damn, Dom. It's just a figure of speech. Get your shit together.
"I just want to make her smile," I said honestly.
"Wow. I don't think I've ever had a customer say that. So, do you know what you want in terms of flowers?"
"Give me something you'd like to receive."
She smiled. "What's the budget?"
"No budget."
"That's my kind of customer. Wait here."
It took her fifteen minutes to come back to the front, but I could instantly say it was worth it. I didn't have the first clue about flowers, but the bouquet looked great. There was a mixture of white and pink and something that looked to be between orange and pink.
"I used salmon-colored roses for accents,” she explained.
That was the color. Salmon.
After paying and climbing back into my car, I raced through the city, hating that I was already late. But I knew in my gut that it would all be all worth it. I'd planned to surprise Reese by bringing the flowers to her doorstep, but she was already in front of the building with the biggest suitcase I'd ever seen next to her.
I stepped out of the car holding the flowers and watched her intently.
Her face only changed subtly at first—dimples appeared in her cheeks, and her eyes crinkled in the corners—but then she flashed me a huge smile. "Dom, those are amazing."
I handed them to her with a grin. "Surprise. Sorry I'm late."
"You can be late anytime you want if you show up with surprises like this." The bouquet was so big that she had to hold it with both hands. "They smell so good and look so pretty." Her eyes turned sad.
"Reese, what's wrong?"
"Absolutely nothing, you gorgeous, amazing man."
"Come on, let's go." I stared at her suitcase.
“The weather forecast is confusing, since it’s supposed to be cold in the morning and evenings and warm throughout the day.”
I quirked a brow. “So you packed everything you owned?”
She laughed. “No...I would have needed six suitcases for that.”
I waited for the punchline, but there was none. She obviously owned a shit ton of clothes.
As I put the suitcase in the trunk of the car, she opened the back door, carefully setting the flowers on the back seat.
“They're so beautiful," she murmured. "I can't wait to put them in water."
“It's not far away. Just an hour’s drive,” I informed her when we were both in the car.
"How come you bought a house so close to the city?"
"I wanted something on the water without being crammed next to any neighbors.”
"But why don't you live there full-time? It's not such a huge commute."
"I like to relax when I'm there. Back at the condo, I work a lot from home. I don't want any of that when I'm at the lake."
