Then I asked him something I’d been wondering for months.
“Why did you say those three words?”
He looked puzzled.
“What three words?”
“She decides.”
His expression changed.
I continued.
“You could have told Brandon to leave. You could have threatened him. You could have called security without saying anything to me.”
Damien considered the question.
“Because your husband was talking as though you weren’t there.”
I swallowed.
“And?”
“And I wanted him to hear that you were.”
My eyes filled.
I looked away.
Damien waited until I was ready to speak again.
Then he said, “Hannah, there’s something I should tell you.”
My heart began beating faster.
“What?”
“I enjoy spending time with you.”
I stared at him.
He continued.
“I know your life is complicated right now. And I don’t want my interest to become another kind of pressure.”
I took a breath.
“Are you asking me on a date?”
