He raised an eyebrow.
“That sounds like the beginning of a dangerous conversation.”
“Would you have passed Kayla’s test if you hadn’t known what she was doing?”
He considered the question.
Then he smiled.
“Which part? Reaching the filters or drinking the terrible coffee?”
I swatted his arm.
“Andrew!”
He laughed and pulled me closer.
“Amanda, I didn’t marry you because I never noticed another woman existed. I married you because I know what I want, and I know what matters to me.”
His expression softened.
“And I don’t need to prove that by pretending the rest of the world has disappeared. I prove it by how I treat you when nobody is watching.”
I looked at him for a long moment.
Then I smiled.
“That was actually a very good answer.”
“I’ve been saving it.”
“For what?”
He leaned closer, his voice dropping into a playful whisper.
“For the day you finally ask me a question I can answer without getting into trouble.”
