Chapter 87. Four Nights By The Sea

The cottage looked smaller when they reached it.

Diana liked it more.

A narrow path led from the parking place to the front door, with rosemary growing untidily along one side. The sea lay below the windows, dark blue beneath a sky that couldn't decide whether to rain.

Gabriel carried their bags inside while she opened the curtains.

There was the window seat. There were the books. There was a rug whose uneven edges made her glad nobody had attempted to make the place impressive.

“What do you think?” he asked.

Diana took off her coat.

“I think we should stay.”

“We've paid for four nights.”

“I was offering a romantic answer.”

“I'll try to recognize the next one.”

She crossed to him and caught his coat before he could hang it up.

“This is another.”

He understood that one.

The kiss tasted of the mint he had eaten in the car. Diana smiled against his mouth when he walked her backward until