The Trinity reception area seemed to hold its breath, waiting for her to answer. Thom, still down on one knee, looked at her hopefully. “Okay, you win. Dinner it is, now for goodness sake, will you stand up,” Ava said.
A roar of whooping erupted from their mini audience as Thom stood and raised her hand to his lips. “Thank you, my lady. You’re carriage awaits.”
“Where are we going,” Ava asked as he led her to the car.
“Hot dogs and a walk in the park,” he said.
He didn’t strike her as a walk in the park kind of guy but then, she would never have expected him to do what he had just done at the hotel.
“I’m sorry if I embarrassed you. I just couldn’t let you walk out. Not again.”
“I can’t believe you did that and in public, too,” she said, laughing. “I wasn’t particularly embarrasse
