Chapter 9. May I Kiss You?

He let out a soft laugh. “Come. Laura went ahead to prepare our dinner, so I will show you to the terrace. The weather is too nice to dine inside.” He took my hand gently in his and led me out the glass door of the top floor.

The scenery outside was surreal. I could barely believe my eyes when I saw the sugared stoned floor perfectly aligned and stretching throughout the terrace. I smiled at the cozy table setting, complete with candles.

But my eyes were stuck on the sparkling water of the rooftop swimming pool.

“Do you like it?” His excitement made me grin. “It’s rare in this city to have a private pool because of the space crunch.” He pulled me closer to the pool, showing me how half of it was indoors. “The glass goes down into the water to form a tunnel you can swim through from the outside to the inside,” he explained. As beautiful as it looked, the thought of swimming under it made me feel slightly claustrophobic. Well, I wasn’t going to swim there, so I didn’