Chapter 1
"Betty, have you seen my green plaid tie? I need it for my first day today."
"It's in the dresser, top left drawer, bottom of the stack." I said, "Jesus Daniel, it's like I'm still your assistant."
"I know," my boyfriend said, "You just paid in a different way." Daniel walked up behind me and started kissing my cheek playfully, making me giggle. "In fact, I think it's time for me to make my next deposit."
"Sorry but I can't. I have a really important meeting today and I can't miss one minute of it…..Oh, stop pouting!"
"Daniel laughed his beautiful laugh and pulled me closer to him. "I wasn't pouting, I was smiling upside down." He kissed me slowly and I felt my arms unconsciously encircle his neck. "I love you, mi amor"
I smiled at his half decent use of my secondary language, Spanish. But the full impact of what he said didn't hit me until a good 10 seconds later. Then my eyes got wide and I realized what he said. "I love you too." I said. His smile grew wider. So did mine. We kissed again. The playfulness of the last kiss was gone. There was passion in this one. But, then my phone rang.
The voice on the end of the line made me freeze.
"Betty? Hey, this is Matt."