Vivienne's POV
He had packed enough for two.
I noticed this when he set the bag on the small conference table in my office and began unpacking the containers with the methodical care he brought to all physical tasks and I counted the portions and understood that the question he had asked my receptionist had not been a spontaneous inquiry but the final step of a plan that had begun earlier in the day in whatever kitchen he had access to that produced food of this quality.
He had cooked for two.
He had come here intending to eat with me.
He had asked whether I had eaten today not because he needed the information but because he was managing the approach with the particular consideration of someone who understood that arriving uninvited at a person's workplace with lunch required a softe
