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“We can do that, and while we’re at it, maybe we can work on moving Sophia and I into your apartment instead of staying in the extra one.”
His eyes light up.
“You want to move in permanently?”
Hearing the words come out of his mouth makes my chest squeeze with panic, but I stay strong.
“Yes, but it’s still only going to be on the weekends. I’m not going to take Sophia out of school in the middle of the year, but if we are going to be a family, then we need to be together. After she finishes the school year, we can talk to her about what she wants to do and figure out what to do from there.”
He stands and pulls me up with him before cupping my face in his hands and kissing me. I could feel all of his joy and excitement in this kiss. It almost made me feel bad that I still wasn’t one hundred percent on board with us.
His eyes are bright and happy when he pulls back.
“You have no idea how happy you’ve made me.”
He places kisses all over my face until I’m laughing and trying to push him away.
“Stop, you weirdo. Let me clean up the dishes so we can start our day of doing nothing.”
He chuckles and lets me go, but he doesn’t let me start cleaning. Instead, he pushes me to the chair again.
“You sit; I’ll clean.”
I raise an eyebrow at him.
“You cooked; I can clean, especially when I was supposed to be cooking for you.”
He swats his hand through the air and starts picking up dishes.
“You’re pregnant and that tops everything. Stay there and keep me company while I clean.”
I shake my head at him, but I can’t keep the smile off my face. I don’t know if it’s because we are on vacation or because of where we are, but he has seemed so relaxed since we got here. I like seeing him this way. Unplugged from his work and not worried about having to deal with emergencies or have a ton of meetings to go to. I only wish that Sophia was here to enjoy this as well. She hasn’t seen him this way.
This is the kind of dad I want my children to have, and it’s reassuring that I can see this side of him. He starts some music on his phone and keeps the volume low enough that we can talk without having to yell over it. I’m suddenly hit with a sense of déjà vu.
It feels like we have been here before. Not in the literal sense, not in the Maldives, but like what is happening in this moment has happened before. For a moment, I feel like I’m seeing two. I’m seeing Chandler as he is now cleaning up our breakfast dishes in the small villa kitchen, and at the same time, I’m seeing him in his kitchen at the penthouse in New York. I can almost see him in one of his suits, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, doing the dishes.
I don’t know if it’s a memory that I’m seeing or if I’m just picturing what it would be like for us in the future but seeing double is making me dizzy and giving me a headache. I blink to clear my vision and stand shakily to move over to his side, lifting myself onto the counter beside the sink. I want to be close to his side, being near him makes me feel better.
After breakfast, we change into our bathing suits again and head outside. Chandler agreed that spending our last day just the two of us without anyone else around was the best way to end our amazing vacation.
We’ve been outside for thirty minutes, and I haven’t been able to take my eyes off of Chandler’s body. I don’t know if it’s the hormones or the fact that I’ve finally let myself want him, but all week all I’ve wanted was to touch him and have him touch me. We’ve had sex every night we’ve been here, just about all over the villa, and I still don’t feel like I’ve gotten enough of him.
I wonder if I was this insatiable before the accident.
“I can feel your eyes on me, baby.”
A smirk takes over his lips, and I roll my eyes at his cockiness.
“I’m simply taking stock of the changes in your body that are telling of you turning forty.”
His eyes pop open and he sits up.
“Hey! There isn’t an inch of me that says forty, woman. You should know after the last week.”
I laugh loudly at his scandalized expression, and he throws a towel at me, but I see the smile on his lips.
“Okay, okay. You’re still hot for almost forty.”
