Leander looked at him for a few seconds and then smiled. “They don’t know about our marriage yet.”
“What?” Shenna feigned astonishment. “You haven’t told them? It’s a major milestone, how could you...”
“Shawn isn’t ready.”
Leander turned to face the young man beside him and patted him on the head. “I’ll take him home only when he’s ready.
“Before that, if Shawn doesn’t wish to go to my house yet, then we shan’t go.”
He didn’t sound especially gentle, but it wasn’t hard to detect the affection in it. Leander made it very clear. Regardless of the matter, he would respect Shawn’s decision.
They’d do it his way.
How much did a man like Leander have to love Shawn for him to pamper Shawn this way?
Especially when Leander had always been used to making decisions on his own. It had always
