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His eyes lit up with excitement. “Definitely.”
“Maybe I could help you paint, too.”
“Whatever you want to do. You just say the word.”
On the ride back to Shelly’s, hundreds of emotions surged throughout my body at once. I was in a daze when Chase pulled to a stop and turned off the engine.
“You okay in there?” he asked quietly.
I nodded, and offered him a smile. “Tonight was fun.”
He reached out and stroked my cheek with his thumb. “I like spending time with you. I like being with you.”
I gently pulled his hand away from my face, and gave it a squeeze before placing it in his lap. “Ditto. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
I got out of the car before he could say another word. It was a great night, and I didn’t want anything to ruin it.
7
Dinner with the Brooks
“How can there be so many whites? Isn’t white just… white?”
Chase chuckled. “There are a lot of different shades.”
“Could you imagine being one of those people? Darling, do you think we should go with the off-white, or the egg white?”
“I don’t know, darling. What about the vanilla white?” His accent was almost worse than mine.
“That one is a bit whiter than the other white.”
“Darling, this is such a tough decision.”
“This white really brings out the white in your eyes, darling.”
We were laughing when a worker approached us. “Do you kids need any help finding a color?”
Chase wrapped his arm around me. “We are looking for the perfect color for my darling’s bedroom.”
I shook his arm off, trying to stop laughing. “I don’t want something too loud. Not sure on the actual color.”
The old man handed me a few paint swatches. “These are really popular in the bedroom.”
“Thanks.”
Chase leaned in as the man walked away. “I bet he knows exactly what’s popular in the bedroom.” He wiggled his eyebrows.
“Ew. So not what I wanted to picture.” I shuffled through the swatches until I found a pale yellow color. I held it up. “What do you think of this one?”
Chase nodded. “I like it. It’s happy.”
“It’s called A Hint of Sunshine.”
“It suits you.”
I laughed. “What does that even mean?”
“You seem so sad and guarded on the outside. But once in a while, you smile, and it’s like a hint of sunshine comes across your face, just for a moment.”
