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He chuckled quietly He couldn’t re was tootour of the city Have you ever seen San Jose lit up at night?”

“Not frohtened her grip on his hand “But I’ll bet it’s beautiful”

“I’m sure it will be”

He gazed down at her, feeling his own pulse quicken as his gaze lingered on her face A crack of lightning burst overhead, causing theritted his teeth The clouds were only getting darker That wasn’t a good sign Not when he had a whole night planned out, minute by minute

If only money controlled the weather

They got closer as the wind began to whip through the nearby hedge, tearing at their clothes The pilot yelled so his otin the distance

“I hate to say it, but I think we’re going to have to postpone,” Aaron yelled He gri to be a nasty one”

Emily’s face fell She tried to cover it with a smile, but it didn’t hide her disappointment “Oh, that’s too bad Another time then”

Michael scowled This wasn’t the way tonight was supposed to go Stori

ve her the time of her life

“Surely, we can still go up,” he yelled, clasping E clouds “It’s not going to hit us for a while longer We’ve still got time”

The ust of air buffeted the grounds, nearly pushing hile raindrop landed on his nose, and then another on his forehead Suddenly, the clouds let loose and a torrential rain fell froh their clothes Michael grunted in defeat and pulled her back toward the house, his

“Let’s get inside,” he yelled

She nodded her understanding, her curls sticking to her face

They raced across the grounds, raindrops hitting thehed, clasping tightly to Michael’s hand Her reaction lifted his spirits the tiniest bit, despite the fact that his socks had become a sloshy wet mess inside his Berluti leather shoes They ran up the patio steps to the back door and cla wet puddles everywhere they stepped