THIRTY-SIX
THE NEXT DAY, TESS was in the closet trying to figure out if there were any new clothes that she’d actually wear. The bedroom door opened. Huh. It was later in the afternoon and shouldn’t be time for dinner. Who would come to find her?
The closet door opened to reveal Daire. “Come on, we’re going out.”
He didn’t wait for a reply and disappeared back the way he’d come.
Ducking down to grab footwear, she dashed after him. “We are?” she asked, hopping into her shoes. “Where are we going?”
“There’s a cab waiting outside,” he said, descending the stairs faster than she could.
A cab? Hotfooting it after him, she got her first glimpse of the external water garden when Daire held the front door open. She didn’t have much time to admire it. He planted a hand on her lower back, and
