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A small smile teased my lips. “You’re probably right.”
“Iamright. You saw how busy she was. Faith didn't have time for her friends or family at the showing. She was too busy having customers and potential customers fight for the right to get on her waiting list.”
I appreciated him trying to make me feel better about this. “As she should be.”
While I still wasn’t thrilled I hadn’t been there for my friend, I decided I would make it up to her someway. Maybe a girl’s weekend or I could set her and Sebastian up with a private booth at Club Deux or maybe send a private chef to their apartment the next time they were in town.
Beck tucked me close, his fingers splayed across my abdomen as we walked to our destination.
“I assume you know where we’re going?” I asked, keeping in step with him.
Beck pointed right, a silent indication for us to turn at the corner. “Yep, Sebastian sent me the details while you were talking with Paige.”
I nodded. “That's good.”
“Do you want to talk about it?” His brows were knitted in concern.
I considered it. “Yes, but not now.”
“When you're ready, I'm ready to listen.”
I loved this man. So I did the other thing that I wanted to do at that moment—I pulled him in for the kiss.
CHAPTER40
Beck
“That doesn't look good,”Alice complained from where she stood two feet away from the planter.
As soon as Alice had come home from school an hour ago, Luna stopped by with a bag full of goodies declaring it time to build the fairy garden.
Alice squealed so loud my ears were still ringing. She immediately changed out of her school clothes and into something more “garden appropriate”—her words, not mine—before grabbing a bag from Luna and running next door.
I observed from afar as my daughter proceeded to unpack all the items from their packaging and began laying things out in Luna's yard like she owned it. Luna kept throwing me looks of pure amusement after each new delightful demand from my daughter.
“This is my first fairy garden, so I'm trusting you to make it look good,” Luna had told Alice who was taking that comment and running with it.
Luna moved the fairy door for the fifth time. “How about this?”
My daughter clicked her tongue. “The door is the centerpiece; it needs to be perfect.”
Luna stood up, dusting off the jeans that sinfully wrapped around her legs. “Maybe you can move it?” she suggested.
With an eye roll, my daughter bent down and started adjusting the bright yellow door that would sit at the base of the large tree that ensconced the backyard.
When she finally found the exact spot she wanted, Alice did her best Vanna White impression. “See? So much better.”
Luna and I nodded in unison. I for one, couldn't tell Alice had adjusted it at all, but I was smart enough to keep my mouth shut.
Alice impatiently waved at Luna. “Come on, we gotta finish the cobblestone path leading to the swimming pond.”
Luna crouched back down, whispering with Alice while she worked. Alice wore a perpetual smile as they worked together. The indomitable team.
I managed a few emails while they continued until the alarm on Luna's phone went off.
She stood, brushing off the debris from her shins. “I'm sorry, Alice, but I need to head to work.”
My daughter immediately abandoned her spot to protest. “But I was hoping you could do movie night with us.”