The tone in the house was less sombre when they emerged from the room, and they were able to slip back into the crowd of people relatively unnoticed, though it was obvious enough what they had been doing to anyone who cared to pay attention to them.
They had just reached the bottom of the stairs when Sawyer realised he had left his jacket in the room.
“I’ll be up there in a couple of minutes,” he brushed a kiss against her cheek, “I should probably speak to a couple of the people I didn’t get the chance to say anything to yet, too. This is a perfect opportunity to do that without getting dragged into a long tedious conversation.”
Elizabeth kissed him back, and Sawyer rested his hand on the small of her back, closing his eyes and allowing himself to savour the moment even though they wer
