149 — “Tell me yes...”

When Desmond opens the door to the hotel room he has booked for our date, my heart tightens. The main suite of the most expensive hotel in New York is so majestic that I can see the starry sky the moment we set foot in it.

He enters the room, leaving me standing in the doorway with my feet frozen on the floor.

His expression has remained serious ever since he put me in his car and drove here. I s