Somebody gasped. I’m not sure who it was.
It could have been me. It could have been the two Japanese families sitting close enough to see it happen. It could have even been Nicholas, from the utter shock of having a woman he’d never seen before reach out and grab his pants.
Whoever it was, it clearly wasn’t enough to change things. The three of us stayed perfectly frozen. The hand remained.
I looked down at it. Nicholas looked down at it. Elisia looked down at it herself—proudly.
“Um...Elisia?” I cleared my throat softly, dying a million deaths. “Do you think you could...” Goodness—how did I even say it? “I mean, maybe it’s time you let go—”
“Nicholas Huntington.”
The introduction was as quick as it was strategic. He held out his hand between them, forcing her to release him in order
