I nodded, stepping behind her, wrapping my arms around her waist. “Every inch of it.”
She leaned back against my chest, and for a moment… the world felt still.
“I didn’t know you were such a romantic,” she whispered.
“I didn’t know either,” I murmured against her ear. “Guess you bring it out of me. The part where I won't know that I want you to smile. The part where I know that I want to see that laughter. I want to see your glow in your eyes. You bring out something in me that I never knew existed.”
We walked hand in hand to the table. I pulled her chair out, kissed the crown of her head before sitting beside her. I took her hand in mine as I watched one of the servants start the service.
It was beautiful. Everything about it was magical. Perhaps the steak, the mashed potatoes. I kn
