Nova
I wasn’t sure what was going on, but something in Dominic’s smile eased me. All our looks since the shower incident had been uneasy or longing. This was something different.
Something effortless.
“A surprise?” I repeated, looking around the room. There was nothing out of the ordinary around us. We were the only two in the room.
He straightened his shoulders, sliding his hands in his slacks. He was in his typical black suit, his hair tied back in a low bun. “I know I’ve been causing you a lot of stress recently, so I came up with an idea to make it up to you.”
I raised my eyebrows, unconvinced.
“I know,” he said quickly, “the only real way to make things up to you is to ease back on all the ways I’ve become so controlling. This is not instead of making you a part of the decision
