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“You’ll see theet back”
I looked at Jo, standing with Ca to kill him already”
“Please don’t” Caed me hard “I quite like him”
“At least soave hiood-bye
“Have an a my biceps “This is just what you both need”
“Yeah,” I agreed, feeling properly reassured for the first time in months “It is”
“Duck a lot, and loudly” She grinned “For all of us parents back home who have to duck quietly”
And that was how I said good-bye to ot in a taxi to the airport with hter and a lot of love
I stared at Nate as we sat in the backseat of the taxi, hies Excited to spend time alone with me
Maybe forty wasn’t so bad after all
Chapter Five
We’d gotten to the airport just in tiht to London In London, Nate had booked us into a hotel at Heathrow because our flight to Philadelphia didn’t leave untilWhen I asked hiht to London, he told me it was because he wanted to surprise ht away so I didn’t have ti the kids for ten days
He knew me so well
And did I mention my wonderful husband booked us to fly business class? He’d spoiled me
At the hotel, we got settled in and then went to the bar where I accidentally got sozzled Accidentally, you ask?
Well, you see, since having kids I only ever have a social drink withI didn’t have Lily and January to look after that evening or the next lasses of chaout
Feeling hungover and guilty the nextNate probably meant for us to have wild monkey sex in the privacy of our hotel room
“Liv” He’d laughed, handing lass of water as I sat up in bed “It’s your birthday You can do whatever the hell you want, and frankly, it was nice to see you just let loose and enjoy yourself last night”
I groaned and grabbed my head “I think I enjoyed myself too much”
“Aye, well, a hangover on the planeever, but you can sleep it off on the flight”
Indeed I could because ere flying business where the seat turned into a bed! Despite feeling like crap, I was excited That was until I swung
“Okay, we need to get some food in you”
“Ugh” The thought of food et ready and we’ll see about everything else”
I’d gotten ready as fast as I could and my husband took me by the hand as we ripped his hand tightly and leaned into hi ile”
Thankfully, everything went sht to Philadelphia Once onboard I felt well enough to force Nate into a selfie as we sat adjacent and facing toward one another in our S-shaped business “suite” The flight attendant had offered us a glass of chae juice for us both in its stead I’d forced hilass with mine and smile into the camera so I could send the selfie to Sylvie She would show the girls
It was an eight-and-a-half-hour flight to Philly and I didn’t sleep nearly as ht in the evening our ti left home in the early afternoon only to arrive in Philly in the afternoon When we landed we then had a two-hour drive to our destination, a small boardwalk town called Hartwell
Exhausted, I snuggled up to Nate in the back seat of the car he’d hired from a private chauffeur company “Why Hartwell and not Rehoboth?”
“Do you remember that one-year-anniversary shoot I did?”
I set?” It may have been unkind but I’d found it hilarious and over the top that a couple would pay to have a photo shoot done to celebrate their one year wedding anniversary I thought it was juun a little In those first few years you’re still in the “can’t keep your hands off each other” phase There was really nothing to feel triule parenting responsibilities and full-time jobs and finances and any other bits of crap life threw at you, and you et to ten years and were still in love, then you could celebrate, right?
“Well, they had their honeyated It sounded like the perfect place It’s the end of the summer here so it’s warm but not too hot, the kids are back at school so it’s quiet this tiood place for us to completely relax and just be with each other Rehoboth would be busier Plus, I wanted this to be somewhere new for both of us Somewhere we can make memories”