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“He’s never in a good mood. What’s that about?”

“I have no clue.”

“We’ll be up in a minute.”

As I hung up the phone, Holly walked in and set her purse down at her desk.

“Mr. Klein asked to see you when you arrived.”

“He did remember I had a doctor’s appointment, right?”

“Yeah, and he’s in a really good mood. He said good morning to me, tapped his finger on my desk, and said thank you.”

“What? What’s wrong with him?”

“I don’t know, but I’m a little freaked out by it. His mood may not last much longer, so you better get in there quickly.”

She took in a deep breath and went into his office. After a few moments, she walked back out with a look of confusion on her face.

“What? What did he say?” I asked with anticipation.

“He asked me how my appointment went and if I was feeling okay. He told me not to worry about my future appointments. If I need to make them in the mornings, I can.”

“Weird. Something is going on with that man.”

“Yeah, and we better take advantage of it while we can.” She smirked.

Chapter Thirty-One

Aubrey

It had been a month since Ethan and I started officially dating. We traveled back and forth between my apartment and his townhouse. I had gotten to know Ingrid and immediately fell in love with her. My Aunt Charlotte was not thrilled when I first told her about us, but the more Ethan was around and the more she got to know him and saw how happy he made me, the easier it was for her to accept him.

Waking up to him every morning was the highlight of my day. Those three little words had yet to escape both of our lips. I loved him, and I was sure he loved me. He just hadn’t said it, and I wasn’t going to push him. He hadn’t had a nightmare since we’d been together, which was good. Dr. Perry told him that since he let his emotions and feelings for me come full force, the pain he carried around all these years about Sophia began to fade away slowly. The sweetest thing he had done for me was his company created an app that would help visually impaired people navigate their way through large buildings. It was amazing, and I was the first one to test it out. Ethan was notonly happy that it helped me significantly, but he was also happy because Apple paid his company billions of dollars for it.

As I was sipping my morning coffee, Ethan walked over to me, hugged me, and kissed me goodbye.

“My flight doesn’t get in until nine o’clock tonight. I’ll come right here from the airport.”

“Okay. Have a safe trip.”

“Oh, before I go, I have something for you.” He handed me a small box with a bow tied around it.

“What’s this?” I smiled.

“Open it and find out.”

After untying the ribbon, I removed the lid from the box and took out what was inside, feeling the fabric in my hands.

“Is this something sexy?” I grinned.

“Yes, and when I get home tonight, I expect you to be wearing it for me.”

“It would be my pleasure, Mr. Klein.” I reached up and kissed his lips.

“Oh, you’re going to be getting a lot of pleasure when I get back. I have to run, baby.” He kissed me one last time before walking out the door.

Ethan

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