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Jesska smiled. “You’re sweet.”
“Don’t say that too loudly. It will ruin my carefully formed persona.”
She giggled. “Oh, okay. Sorry.”
Dinner was served, and Jesska concentrated on eating. She liked Kaspar. He wasn’t at all what she expected, and she wondered how this was going to play out for her. She wasn’t sure how far she should let it go. He was sweet and attentive, and they had a lot of things in common. He was also gorgeous. Sexier than any man she’d ever known, which wasn’t saying much, since Seth was the extent of her experience, but Seth had been seriously gorgeous, and she’d loved him completely.
Her thoughts turned to Kaspar and his “gifts.” She wondered what it all meant. Was he able to time travel? Space travel? Like teleport, not get on a spaceship and fly into space, but turn into mist and just show up on another planet, Star Trek style? Could they shapeshift?
She wrinkled her nose. Ew, did they drink blood?
What about procreation? Did the women have children the normal way? Did the men carry the babies? How would they give birth?
“You okay?” he asked.
“Um, yep,” she rushed to say. “All good. Um...”
He cocked his head. “Are you sure?”
“Hunh-huh. Yeppers.”
He chuckled and gave her hand a squeeze. Jesska stared at her plate and focused back on her food.
At the end of the night, Kaspar took her home, kissed her sweetly on her doorstep, and waited for her to step inside and lock the door. Jesska watched him through her window until he drove away, her heart lighter than it had been in a long time. He’d promised to call her the next day to make plans for another date, and she looked forward to seeing him again.
Wednesday was Jesska’s ride-share day and Betty’s day to drive, but when Betty had to leave work early to pick up a sick kid, Jesska planned to grab the MAX home. She had a dinner date with Kaspar and couldn’t wait to shower and change. She hadn’t seen him since he took her to dinner the Friday before, but they’d spoken on the phone every night, and the more they talked, the more she liked him.
At just after five o’clock, she walked out of her building to find Kaspar waiting for her, leaning up against the car, a bouquet of roses in his hand. He smiled, and her heart raced.
He closed the distance between them and kissed her cheek. “Hi, beautiful.”
“Hi. What are you doing here?”
“You texted that you were going to take public transportation home, so I thought I could provide something a little more comfortable.”
She grinned, her nose in the bouquet, sighing at the smell. “You didn’t need to do that.”
“It’s my absolute pleasure, elskan.”
He held the car door for her, and she slid inside. “I planned to change before dinner, but maybe we can eat now and then head back to my place for a nightcap? I have an early meeting tomorrow that was sprung on me at the last minute.”
“I would love that.” Kaspar smiled as he secured his seatbelt. “Another option would be to grab some American fast-food and eat at your house.”
“You’d eat greasy fast-food with me?”
“I have yet to experience a... what is it called? Driveway in?”
Jesska giggled. His accent was delicious. “Drive through.”
“Yes, that.”
“Burgerville it is.”
“Burgerville?”
“Pacific Northwest staple, my friend. You might have to mortgage your house for a burger, but it’s a damn good burger.”
Kaspar grinned. “Direct the way, sweetheart.”
