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We pulled up to an oldfor us He took us around the back to a huge greenhouse Our guide opened the door

“Just let me knohen you’re finished and I’ll close up,” he said before disappearing

My eyebrow shot up, when I looked at Killian He reenhouse air ain A sea of vibrant colors surrounded reenhouse Peonies Every color and kind spread out as far as I could see

“What…how?” I said, whirling around

“I noticed theht for Dahlia for her opening” He noticed that

“You think I don’t notice things, sweetheart, but I do” He ran the back of his hand along ainstto do about him?

He could be such an asshole so like this…It was unexpected An unexpected co on between us His lips felt so good on mine, but I couldn’t just sink into the my hands on his chest

“Killian, you freaked out on ”

“I don’t know either, but I pro the back of his hand along the side of my face “I won’t do it I’m sorry I did it”

“What are we doing, Killian?” I stared up at him

KILLIAN

A perfectly reasonable question I rested ainst hers

Right then, nothing elseher next toI’d wanted in a long ti Rhys down I wanted this moment with her Andit would last How long until she realized how much better her life would be without me in it? Then where did that leave me?

“I pro away, so I could look her in the eyes She hesitated before nodding her head “Good” I tipped her chin up and pressedI had into it

We walked in the greenhouse for a couple of hours, until I gotback to the plane Being with her felt so easy and light In the greenhouse, the rest of the world didn’t matter We weren’t the people ere back in the city This was neutral territory Leaving it behind was harder than I thought it would be