Caroline extended the phone from the pocket of his sweatpants with a wide grin and held it out to him.
Victor took the opportunity to kiss her into a puddle of molten anticipation, and then he called his parents. I can’t wait to tell them all about how I finally won the woman I’ve adored for so long. The connection clicked. “Hello, Mom?”
“Victor, darling, how are you?” his mother asked in her soft, low-pitched voice.
“I’m great. How are you?”
“Wonderful,” she gushed, “I’ve just learned a new decoupage technique.”
“That’s great,” he replied, amusement and admiration warring in the background. “I can’t wait to see it. Listen, I needed to tell you something.”
She must have heard the intense note in his voice. “Oh, did you meet someone?”
How interesting that she figured it out immediate
