Silverware tinkled, wine glasses clinked, candles shimmered, Montaldo's was at its romantic best for Valentine's Day. Shane's eyes sparkled as Oliver's arm encircled her waist, her heart fluttered as he sighed softly and pulled her closer. Then her heart skipped a beat at unexpected intimacy as his lips gently, deliberately, touched the tip of her ear. "Beautiful," he whispered and her heart started pounding in her chest. The music swelled and became both pulse and breath as love lifted the couple high above tinkling, clinking, and shimmering.
