PARADISE AWAITS
~NATHANIEL'S POV~
I found Tessa in the kitchen the next morning, making coffee in one of my old t-shirts that somehow looked better on her than it ever had on me.
She glanced up when I walked in, and for a moment, we just looked at each other.
After last night's dance lesson and everything we'd almost said, the air between us felt different. Charged with possibility and terror in equal measure.
"Morning," she said softly.
"Morning." I poured myself coffee, trying to find the words for what I needed to tell her. "I have news."
She raised an eyebrow. "Good news or bad news?"
"Depends on how you look at it." I leaned against the counter, suddenly nervous. "We're going to the Maldives."
Her coffee mug froze halfway to her lips. "What?"
"The Henderson Group wants to m
