He helps her up, steadying her. His phone buzzes-Marco, probably urgent-but he silences it without looking. Everything can wait. He kisses her temple, his hand settling at the small of her back. “You are first, from this point on you're always first now.” She studies him thoroughly and says, “You are trying really hard to get me to fall in love with you, aren’t you?” She says with a bit of laughter as they open the door of the office and head back into the main suite, when Enzo waits happily and bounds in immediately, sensing freedom and his person’s availability. Val’s hand never leaves her back as they move into the hallway.
Val laughs as he says, “Not trying…. Succeeding...”He glances at her, a half-smile playing at his mouth. They descend the elevator together. The city sprawls below
