I caught his arm as he started to head towards the front of the boat. “No! Don’t!”
“I was only trying to make the trip more enjoyable for you,” he said innocently.
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
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For some reason, I woke up early the next morning. We were leaving today to go back home. Back to the job, stress and humdrum of daily life. I found myself feeling a bit unhappy. It was so nice here at the beach. I was still blown away that William had done this for me. I wandered out onto the beachfront and walked down to the ocean edge. The sun was just starting to peek out over the horizon. The colors of dawn splashed down from the horizon to the water below. Gosh, but it was beautiful.
“Morning, princess,” William’s voice sounded softly behind me.
“Hi.”
“What’s wrong? Couldn’
