Chapter 336

• “Just the two of us?” she asked him nervously, which distracted him. He couldn’t help but feel the sunken weight at how nervous she seemed with that thought.
• “Not if that makes you uncomfortable … I have friends we could invite; my father’s boat has six double cabins if you want a crowd.” He tried to focus on the clothes on the floor rather than let her see that it disappointed him—he wanted her alone. Just the two of them, but he knew how disastrous that would be.
• “Who would you invite?” She looked his way with a furrowed brow, cuteness personified, and he had to fight the urge to smooth it out with his thumb.