” My breaths started to come faster. My cheeks burned even hotter. I could have come up with any number of excuses. “I lied! There’s no one else...” The smug grin that spread over her face at my admission made me want to shout in frustration. She pulled back her hand. “The keys!” “Listen,” I started, my mind spinning and my emotions in a turmoil. She grabbed my wrist and pulled my hand towards my purse. “The keys!” Goosebumps spread from the spot where she touched me. I slowly dug out the ring. Time passed sooo fast... I taxied back to the FBO, adrenaline still pumping. When I shut the engine down, Rob and Deena were BOTH there waiting for me. I got out, getting ready to tie the plane down, but I got hugged and chastely, happily kissed by Deena.“Shirt-tail,” Rob said. “It’s tradition.”Okay, I knew that there was a chance that today was the day, so I had on old cotton shirt on. We went inside the office and he ceremoniously snipped a chunk of the tail off to pin on the wall.“Normally I. He had given her free reign to cook what she wished and while she wanted to give him the healthiest meal possible, she also wanted him to enjoy the food. Tonight, there would be grilled salmon with dill sauce, baked potatoes, a small salad and homemade peach cobbler. The way to a man’s heart… Carolyn remembered the day he offered her the position. They had met at Islands in Manhattan Beach for lunch. She ordered the fish taco and he the Greek salad. ‘Are you honest?’ he asked, smiling, ‘because. Next day surprisingly I saw her at the gym and when she saw me her eyes lit,she stopped her cycling came to me and gave me a hug and said thank you for what I did yesterday.For which I told \”Awe I so wanted a hug so badly\”.And said thankyou for the warm hug.She hugged me back and said I deserved it.Now I could smell her sweat.I could feel her warmth.I could not stop feeling her body over me and I walked to treadmill and she too came.And I jokingly asked \”Are you sure you wanna do this\” for.