He nodded and looked down at his cup and then at Nina. He could still feel her hands on his face as she spoke gently and calmly to him. He could still feel the softness of her skin against his. When he had buried his face in her neck, he had just breathed her in. Her scent is what calmed him, and he couldn’t get enough of it or her. He would never get enough of her. He even thought of how intimately close she had wrapped her body around him to make him feel safe. “Just, thank you for today.”
“Which part?”
“All of it. From having all of the meals with me today, letting me meet the other man in your life that has stolen your heart,” with a small smile, “and for bringing me back when I was terrified and thought I was back there.”
“Well, first of all, all of the meals were delicious. Second
