He Chose Her On Our Wedding Night So I Took Everything Chapter 32
“Yes.”
“Then can we celebrate tonight?”
“Send a formal email to schedule it first.”
He was quiet for two seconds.
“Elodie, are you doing that on purpose?”
“Yes.”
I couldn’t help laughing.
He laughed, too.
Half a year into our relationship, Paige organized a weekend trip for friends to Big Bear Lake.
Standing at the edge of the water, I still thought of that day when I was twelve, and the sample book I had lost in the murky depths.
Wyatt came to stand beside me, but he didn’t mention saving me.
“If you don’t want to go near the water, we can hike up into the hills instead.”
“That’s not necessary.”
I took two steps onto the old wooden dock.
“When you pulled me out back then, were you scared afterward?”
“Yes.”
“Scared of what?”
“That I had been one step too slow.”
He looked out at the lake.
“But that was then. Elodie, you don’t owe me anything for that.”
I turned toward him.
“I know.”
I reached out and took his hand.
“So I’m holding your hand now not because I feel like I owe you.”
He didn’t pull me closer, just closed his hand gently around mine.
“Then why?”
“Because I want to.”
After we got back from that trip, I had my assistant clear my schedule for the following evening.
This time, he didn’t have to ask first.
I sent him the restaurant address.
[Seven o’clock. No work talk.]
His reply was almost immediate.
[Understood. Should I bring cinnamon rolls?]
I looked at the screen and smiled.
[Two.]