C47 Chapter 47

“I-is this for us?” I asked. “Because I don’t want to be crashing in on somebody else’s date.”

Nicholas laughed. “Of course it’s ours, silly.”

“But how?”

He grinned. “I have my own ways. And people who wouldn’t mind paying back a few small favors.” He held out his hand to mine. I took it and stepped over the lanterns and onto the mat.

We sat down facing the beach