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Seven
Amethyst
“Doyou want to go for a walk?” Davit asked after we’d finished breakfast.
“Sure,” I said.
He frowned, but then quickly schooled his expression.
“You might want a jacket. There’s a bit of a chill in the air,” he said.
For a moment, I was irrationally pleased by his words, the care in them, but then I remembered they had nothing to do with me.
This was only about me incubating his baby.
My mood, which had already been low, went more sour.
I tried to ignore it and got into the elevator with him.
“You’re dressed differently,” I said when the doors closed.
“You miss the khakis and polos?”
“No,” I said, eyeing him. “This suits you.”
He was wearing a white button-down and black slacks. Nothing of particular note, but it looked more authentic.
Which was strange. Because his attire as Josh Kelley had never seemed out of place. But now that I knew him better, this seemed more like him.
“No, you don’t know him better,” I muttered.
“What’s that?” he said as the elevator dinged and then the doors opened.
“Nothing,” I responded.
But the words were true.
I didn’t know him better. And it was that kind of thinking, that stupidity, that would make the situation worse than it already was.
“This way,” he said.
He grabbed my elbow gently and guided me down the sidewalk.
I walked beside him, and despite myself, found the beauty of the city winning me over.
It somehow managed to be urban, businesslike, but still had a bit of calm and ease that felt nice. As I walked, breathed in the fresh air, I realized that I felt relaxed.
Not completely at ease.
I didn’t know when that would happen again, and didn’t dare allow myself to expect it.
But I felt calm, the weight of worry that I had been carrying for what felt like forever leaving me.
And I appreciated that.
“This is torture,” I said as we walked past a café, the aroma of coffee tempting.
Davit let out a knowing laugh. “You heard the doctor.”
