Chapter 222

"Do you want to walk?" Kat said.

"If you’re not too cold," I said.

"No, I’m good," she said. "A little walk would do me some good. I can’t believe I ate every last one of those chocolates."

"I admire the hell out of whoever made all of those," I said regarding the final, delectable mignardises that closed the meal.

"There wasn’t a bite I had tonight that wasn’t absolutely perfect," she said. "Each element individually was delicious, and all the flavors worked even better together!"

"I loved every minute of it," I said. "But I have to confess, darling."

"What, daddy?" Kat said.

We walked with Kat’s arm hooked in mine. Our pace was slow, leisurely, savoring the night as we had our dinner. We were also a little drunk from all the wine.

"The thing I loved most was seeing how much you loved it," I said.

"It was a dream co