good food and wine, and I don't believe in wasting my time, so I make it my business to only frequent the best places,” I explained.
“Well, I really like it here. I think it’s fantastic when old defunct buildings with character are revitalised and given a new lease of life. I love that they’ve kept that high vaulted ceiling with those wonderful beams,” Sera commented as she looked upwards.
To be honest, I hadn't really taken much notice of it up till now, but as I looked, I could see what she meant - it was stunning. Her artistic nature meant she’d noticed all these details in a way that I never really had - she was opening my eyes in so many ways. To life, to love, to beauty, and to so many other things, in so many different ways. I felt as if I'd been walking round with my eyes shut before I met Seraphina, just burying m yself in work.
I never wanted to go back to that again.
Seraphina was not only a very beautiful and sexy woman, she was also very smart, and very talented. She was certainly never boring, and I guessed that was all part of the reason I’d been drawn so strongly, and fallen so hard for her, because she was so different from any other woman I'd ever known - she just totally intrigued and fascinated me.
I reached into my jacket pocket to retrieve the box I'd been carrying around.
“Here’s a little gift to celebrate your good news.”
I handed her the red Garrard jeweller’s box.
“Liam, you shouldn’t have! You already sent me that huge bouquet of beautiful flowers at work, which totally obscured my desk, you’ve brought me here for dinner, and now a present as well?” She stared at the box, as if scared to touch it.
“I like buying you presents. It makes me happy. I like being happy. You wouldn’t want to deny me that pleasure, so why don't you just go ahead and open it?” I took her hand in mine, and gently ran my thumb over her knuckles. I really hoped she was going to like what I’d chosen - when I picked it out I thought it was perfect for her.
“I don't think I can deny you anything, Liam,” she murmured as she retrieved her hand to open the box, and then gasped when she saw the contents. It was a white gold and diamond cuff bracelet, in the shape of a wing - an angel wing.
“Liam, it’s beautiful,” she whispered, as she touched it almost reverently. “I’m sure it must have been very expensive.”
“I thought it was very you, Angel. The cost is irrelevant.”
I took it out of the box and slipped it onto her slender wrist. It was a perfect fit.
“You know, they could easily make a matching ring for you. I'd really like to buy that as well, and I'd really like to put it on this finger.” I took hold of her wedding finger and kissed it. “Or you could have any other design of your choice, whatever you want, it’s yours. Just say you’ll marry me.”
“Liam, please don't do this. Don’t spoil things. I told you I wasn’t ready for that kind of thing,” she said as she snatched her hand away.
Naturally I was disappointed, but not surprised, and not in the least deterred. Seraphina was going to be my wife at some point in the not too distant future. It was just a question of when, not if.
“You can't blame me for trying, seeing as you did just say you can't deny me anything,” I smiled. “So, I’ll just have to keep trying, won’t I?”
“Liam Starr, you can be very trying indeed,” Sera rolled her eyes, but the awkward moment quickly passed. At least she’d accepted the bracelet, and I noticed that she kept looking at it and touching it during the evening, so she seemed to like it, which made me ridiculously happy for some reason.
***
“If you let me have the details, I’ll pay off your student loan,” I suggested later, as Greg drove us back from the restaurant. Thanks to a few discrete checks I’d made, I knew this was her only outstanding debt.
“You will
“Well, I really like it here. I think it’s fantastic when old defunct buildings with character are revitalised and given a new lease of life. I love that they’ve kept that high vaulted ceiling with those wonderful beams,” Sera commented as she looked upwards.
To be honest, I hadn't really taken much notice of it up till now, but as I looked, I could see what she meant - it was stunning. Her artistic nature meant she’d noticed all these details in a way that I never really had - she was opening my eyes in so many ways. To life, to love, to beauty, and to so many other things, in so many different ways. I felt as if I'd been walking round with my eyes shut before I met Seraphina, just burying m yself in work.
I never wanted to go back to that again.
Seraphina was not only a very beautiful and sexy woman, she was also very smart, and very talented. She was certainly never boring, and I guessed that was all part of the reason I’d been drawn so strongly, and fallen so hard for her, because she was so different from any other woman I'd ever known - she just totally intrigued and fascinated me.
I reached into my jacket pocket to retrieve the box I'd been carrying around.
“Here’s a little gift to celebrate your good news.”
I handed her the red Garrard jeweller’s box.
“Liam, you shouldn’t have! You already sent me that huge bouquet of beautiful flowers at work, which totally obscured my desk, you’ve brought me here for dinner, and now a present as well?” She stared at the box, as if scared to touch it.
“I like buying you presents. It makes me happy. I like being happy. You wouldn’t want to deny me that pleasure, so why don't you just go ahead and open it?” I took her hand in mine, and gently ran my thumb over her knuckles. I really hoped she was going to like what I’d chosen - when I picked it out I thought it was perfect for her.
“I don't think I can deny you anything, Liam,” she murmured as she retrieved her hand to open the box, and then gasped when she saw the contents. It was a white gold and diamond cuff bracelet, in the shape of a wing - an angel wing.
“Liam, it’s beautiful,” she whispered, as she touched it almost reverently. “I’m sure it must have been very expensive.”
“I thought it was very you, Angel. The cost is irrelevant.”
I took it out of the box and slipped it onto her slender wrist. It was a perfect fit.
“You know, they could easily make a matching ring for you. I'd really like to buy that as well, and I'd really like to put it on this finger.” I took hold of her wedding finger and kissed it. “Or you could have any other design of your choice, whatever you want, it’s yours. Just say you’ll marry me.”
“Liam, please don't do this. Don’t spoil things. I told you I wasn’t ready for that kind of thing,” she said as she snatched her hand away.
Naturally I was disappointed, but not surprised, and not in the least deterred. Seraphina was going to be my wife at some point in the not too distant future. It was just a question of when, not if.
“You can't blame me for trying, seeing as you did just say you can't deny me anything,” I smiled. “So, I’ll just have to keep trying, won’t I?”
“Liam Starr, you can be very trying indeed,” Sera rolled her eyes, but the awkward moment quickly passed. At least she’d accepted the bracelet, and I noticed that she kept looking at it and touching it during the evening, so she seemed to like it, which made me ridiculously happy for some reason.
***
“If you let me have the details, I’ll pay off your student loan,” I suggested later, as Greg drove us back from the restaurant. Thanks to a few discrete checks I’d made, I knew this was her only outstanding debt.
“You will
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