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"Hey, sweetheart," he greeted, walking towardsme a quick hello kiss "Dahed How the hell was I supposed to be okay with losing the chance to have this in le day? I had always respected Char for how she handled herself being so far away from Shane these last four years, but I never really understood how difficult it had been for her until now No volues, or Skype calls could possiblyable to touch Jackson whenever I wanted We could talk a thousand tih

"No sad faces tonight, Kaylie I swear to you it will all work out," he prohts onokay, but I just didn’t see hoas possible It was either dance or seeing him every day, and I just couldn’t say no toonso that I could enjoy this ti sad I hugged hi down the sudden lump in reed, stepping back to et settled before sitting down himself I couldn’t help but think that it was these little things I ht miss the most

"I hope you’re in the rab soot your favorites," he said, dishing food onto my plate froone to the restaurant he’d takensweet He really was pulling out all the stops to make my last days here as special as possible

"It looks wonderful," I replied, suddenly feeling fa into theevery bite

We were both fairly quiet while we ate, a co between us We just enjoyed our food and being together, knoe’d have time to talk once ere done I appreciated that we could be together like this without it being aard

Once ere both full, we quickly cleaned up theroo forward to so out

"There’s so we need to talk about," he said in a serious tone of voice My smile must have slipped a bit at his words because he sat down and pulledbad, Kaylie In fact, I hope that you think this is so to think what he could possibly be talking about but cootI wanted to discuss with you tonight too"

He tightened his grip on me, almost like he was afraid I was about to bolt "I know you’ve been struggling to decide between going to Chicago or New York When we talked about the different offers, you looked so excited about the idea of dancing in New York It’s what you’ve always dreao for it"

"But, Jackson, that would mean I’d be even farther away from you And the demands on my time would be sohi I hadn’t already shared before

"Not if I coued

My heart stopped at his words as I literally lost my breath for a"Come with me?" I repeated

"I know it sounds crazy, but just hear ," he pleaded with ht be pretty new, but I know that youyou with the distance that would be between us It’s not that I don’t believe in our relationship, because I do But I don’t think it’s worth the gamble when I have too much to lose You"

"Jackson," I whispered, incredibly touched by his words

"Not done yet," he said as he touched a fingertip toelse "And it’s not a bad idea for work either I already talked tosome calls to put feelers out with banks where he knows people I could learn a lot about the industry froe back with me when I’m ready to come back home and ith hiasped, stunned that he’d put soto me about it