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“What’s the opposite of a chicken?” she asks me.
“Terrifying.”
She lets out a startled laugh. “Terrifying? How so?”
I lift a shoulder. “It’s hard to explain. Just that you know what you want, and you don’t settle for less.” She makes a small humming sound, but I can’t tell if she agrees. “I get that they’re a bunch ofstuffy business nerds. But you’re a business nerd too. They just have a hard time accepting that because you aren’t stuffy too.”
Natalie is silent for a long moment.
I glance at her when she doesn’t reply. “What?”
“That’s… accurate.”
“Don’t sound so surprised, Wife. I’m more than just a pretty face.”
She huffs out a breath. “I wonder if I should wear a formal business suit tomorrow.”
I shake my head. “Nah, they’ve already seen the real you. Wear what you would normally wear. Changing now would just look like an act of submission. Just be yourself, Princess.”
“I hate when you’re right.” She sighs.
I laugh, but before I can reply, Natalie sits up straighter in her seat.
Because we’re here.
Chapter 118
Natalie
I open my mouth,but I don’t know if I want to laugh or scream. Because Luke brought me to an outdoor skating rink.
An ice-skating rink.
Like the one I fell on multiple times in the way too recent past.
Luke drives slowly through the gravel parking lot, the lot and rink brightly lit by large flood lights.
There are a handful of cars here and maybe a dozen people on the ice. A large field is situated next to the rink, with frames for soccer goals, so this must be some sort of public sports park. And between the rink and the field is a small wooden building with the wordsWarming Housewritten on the side.
When Luke turns the ignition off, I finally look away from the death trap called an ice rink and make eye contact.
“Luke.”
He holds up a hand. “Trust me.”
My mouth shuts.
Trust me. Of course he’d go there.
“I do.” I glance back at the rink. “But I don’t think I can wear?—”
“I said trust me, Princess.” He cuts me off, then opens his car door and climbs out.
I stay in the car for an extra moment while I shove away the urge to whine.
When Luke said he had a surprise, I imagined he meant dinner out.
When Luke told me to dress comfortably and for the outdoors, I pictured some outdoor winter market that sold mulled wine and crocheted hats.
