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Megan felt coot the with some drinks and then made her way over to a table close to the toddler area When she caught Pesh’s eye, she waved them over After several tense moments, he was finally able to convince Mason to leave the play area to coan knew she would be doing good to get four bites of pizza down hiain She also had a fear that she, Pesh, or the both of the tomato sauce before it was all said and done

"This place is very interesting," Pesh rehed "Have you never had the pleasure?"

"Sadly no My brother, Arjan’s, and his children live in Florida, so I’ve really never had a reason to coed a bullet there That’s for sure"

He s a bite of his pizza His expression turned so sour that Megan couldn’t help giggling "This is terrible," heIt only see to small children who are hyped up on adrenaline"

He took a long swig fro to rid hi at hiood pizza You better eat yours before I do"

"Nice save," she murmured

He winked at her as he threw his napkin on his plate She couldn’t believe when her heart fluttered at his gesture It was als for him in the middle of Chuck E Cheese

"Done Go play," Mason announced, bringing her out of her thoughts

She shook her head "I don’t think so You need to eatanother bite and shoveling it into hisfrom Pesh Then the two of thean watched therow Pesh was co Mason up where he could reach things and then catching hienuinely enjoy spending tiuys would have played with Mason only to get on her good side But Pesh didn’t have an agenda when it came to her, unless it was to have her embrace the idea of a relationship with him

When the last ticket was spent, she rose off her chair "Okay, tio"

Mason’s face scrunched up, and he looked like at any ht throw a tantrum to stay But Pesh took his hand "We’ll come back another ti his and Pesh’s arot buckled up, Megan turned back to Mason "What do you say to Pesh for bringing you?"

"Tank you, Esh," Mason said

His words sent a broad grin stretching across Pesh’s face "You’re welcoan, she gave hi one of his hands off the steering wheel, he reached over to take her hand in his While the gesture was a little too lovey-dovey for her liking, she didn’t argue with him Instead, she just enjoyed his touch

Once they had deposited a sleepy Mason back hootten into Pesh’s Jaguar "So where exactly are we going?" Megan asked, as she buckled her seat belt

"It’s a surprise"

"Seriously? You’re still playing coy about it?"

"For just a little while longer"

She shifted in her seat where she could look at hiuess?"

"I suppose I’uess," he teased

"Are we going to Atlanta?"

He cut his gaze fro her araive you a little hint Actually, it’s more of a question than it is a hint"

"Yeah?"