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As the waiter took our order, Asher sized up another uniforht back"

I didn’t have to ask what he was doing to know I’d seen him do it at least a hundred ti to hienial way Asher could make anyone like him I watched him with a mixture of jealousy and awe, and the realization dawned that I was engaged to, and i, at least not in Asher’s case But it was … a thing Sohed and the ether--I shook aze wander the room This restaurant had an under-the-sea the ocean waves and happy denizens of the sea swih the safety lecture with, the Indian couple with their kids, and I waved at the a second too long She absentmindedly waved back, clear she had no memory ofvacation for her They otten to take a break from herto putdown a huge plate of scra on a place ht years

Asher returned to his seat, disrupting o out after this and "

I sh, this may be our only breakfast as fiancés"

"I hope so, because that word sounds weird"

"How shotgun is our wedding going to be? A to have to find a white dress somewhere on board?"

He laughed, and just like the h with hiun as you want" He bea as you show up"

This week ht along for for to wear red then I’ve already got that outfit, and it’s easier this way Especially seeing as it’s just for us, and whatever witnesses we have to rope in for it to be legal"

He grinned, then gave h And your nails Whatever other fun things women do I don’t want you toyou"

I inspected h for a fewas there wouldn’t be any dishes for me to do, if I could avoidit redone just because I could was te, too Wasn’t that how vacations worked? "You’re not rushinganyhow This is savingout invitations, check Avoiding endless discussions with my mother about colors, flowers, or dresses, double check Not having to wonder ifthe worst-sister-ever again if I didn’t invite him to avoid that entirely, super-check

Our breakfast arrived, and Asher waited until the waiter left to speak again "Well, I’d still like it to be romantic Even if it is practical"

"It will be It’s with you" I grinned at hiood--ry won I ate a few bites, and things held I sank back intowearer--" Work gave s

He quickly shook his head "Rings are too coht People at work didn’t knoith Hector--they’d only ever uy named Asher, who just happened to never be around when Hector was Same with s at work, and the second either of us showed up wearing a ring--people there ht not put us with each other, but there’d be questions to answer for sure It would be easier without them, less chances to screw up

"I’m sorry," he said

"No, it’s okay, I understand" I set -free hands for illustration "I don’t like the into an abscess all the time"

Asher’s eyebrows rose in e dressings"

"I do, but--" Ioff and over, to land into Asher’s scrausting"

"My ability to be disgusting and still eat is kind of why you love me" I leaned over and forked a bite off his plate by way of derinned at me "There are more reasons than that, but that is definitely one of them"

I snickered and then leaned forward to kiss hiht not be able to do in a few otten a belly--and he leaned forward to kiss me back, and that’s when I heard it The sound of so

CHAPTER EIGHT

You don’t actually hear the sound of so is that the chokee can’t actually make any sounds If they can talk, they can breathe, and they just need to cough things out

What you do hear are the screams of other people’s panic as their tablemate turns blue