Page 67 of The Bachelor's Dilemma

“I waited until you said Myles,” he told the man proudly.

“Good job.”

Myles smiled at him, his gaze immediately searching for Anna. She rose and came to greet him.

“You look beautiful,” he said, taking in her dress and shoes.

“You look wonderful,” she murmured, suddenly feeling shy.

How did a newly almost-engaged woman greet her soon to be fiancé?

“You two have a nice dinner,” Edith said, waving at Myles from the sofa.

“Can I go?” Zack said, clinging to Myles’s leg.

“Not this time. You’d be bored at the restaurant I’ve chosen. I hope your mom will like it, though,” Myles said.

Anna did. It was a delightful restaurant near the heart of Central Park. With dining inside and out, it was lit with thousands of tiny lights. It looked like a fairyland.

They were shown a table near the windows, inside where it was warm, but with an unobstructed view of the outside.

Myles ordered champagne and, when it was delivered, offered a toast.

“To us.”

“To us,” Anna repeated, the rim of her flute touching his.

Myles said nothing more about his proposal, but told her about calling for a medical release and getting an appointment two weeks from now.

“I wanted to be released immediately. I guess to the company, two weeks is immediately.”

“So you’ll be here for another two weeks, at least.”

“Plenty of time to finish the preschool renovations. I talked with Mrs. Harper and I can go over some afternoons when they’ll combine classes to give me room to work.”

“That’s great. But shouldn’t you take advantage of the two weeks left to rest up?”

“I’ll only be working four hours a day. Hardly enough to give me a problem.”

His dark eyes gazed into hers.

“Tell me about your day.”

“I called my parents. They’re flying up this weekend to meet you.”

“I thought we were working at the preschool.”

“I told my mom that. They’ll go right to the apartment and visit with Zack until we get there.”

“Maybe I’ll bring a change of clothes to the school,” Myles said.

She laughed.

“I think they’ll excuse messy clothes knowing you’ve been helping at their grandson’s school. In fact, they’ll love you to death for being so nice to me and Zack.”

“And you?”

“I’ll love you to death, too,” she said seriously.

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