Chapter 43 - Gwen - Bumping into You
Chapter 43
Gwen
“What?” I say. “Come to—”
“Boston,” Niall finishes. “With me.” His eyes shine with something, is that hope? Anticipation?
“When?” I ask, still dumbstruck by what he’s asking.
“This weekend,” he says. “Take the weekend, come with me to Boston. I’ll show you around, and we’ll make a trip out of it. You’ll see that we can make this last in the ‘real world,’ as you put it.”
“But I can’t just up and fly to Boston.”
“Why not?”
“I . . .” I start, but what real reason is there? I don’t have another event until mid-week next week. I have no plans for when I get home. Do I actually have a reason? No, no I don’t. “Okay,” I say, finally meeting his eyes.
“Okay?” he asks cautiously.
“Yes, I’ll go to Boston with you.”
The happiness rolls off him in waves and it brings a smile to my face.
“I want to make this work too,” I continue. “I care about you. I can figure out how to run my business and have a relationship. There are others who have done it before me, and surely I can do it if they can. Maybe I can hire an office manager or promote one of my other event planners to a senior role. Something to give me more time to visit with you.”
“You’ve just made me the happiest man, mo ghrá .” He kisses my head. “You’ll see, everything will work out.”
There he goes calling me mo ghrá again, it sends a thrill through me. Hope floods my senses. Maybe we can make this work.