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d to a guy as trying to gain his feet at the side of the rink—and failingto be you?’
She laughed ‘Let’s just wait and see’
She looked upwards It was afternoon and the sky was beginning to darken above the to up?’
He nodded ‘Let’s go This is the perfect tiht, then you’ll get to see it in the dark too’
They ht the tickets and they boarded the elevator By the tiht floors above, the sun was just starting to descend in the sky
Anissa couldn’t believe the view There was a glass wall straight in front of theht around?’
Leo nodded ‘There’s a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view up here’
She walked over to a set of binoculars and fue Leo was quicker and slid so to make sense of the American currency
‘The E,’ she breathed as she peered through the binoculars ‘The rest of ’
‘Is that your favourite word today?’
She looked up from the binoculars ‘It could be, but let’s wait until we’ve done the skating’
Theyti over Central Park and then east towards Brooklyn
She gave an appreciative nod ‘The view froood, but this, this is just’
‘Ah
‘Yeah,’ she agreed It was over an hour before Anissa finally decided she was done By then, she’d worked her way back around to the south view in tiht up
‘It changes colour all the ti sporting event, a special day or support for a charity, or a past historical event then the colours change’ He gave a shts up in red and green just a few days before’
She gave a rueful kind of s currently illuminated in white, her head rested on his shoulder ‘We’ll miss that We’ll be back in Mont Coeur’
His hand slid around her waist and it seemed only natural to turn around to face hiin the cold air around theood looks and sincere eyes he alh there were people around them, it felt like it was just the two of them—no one else
For a second she wondered what he ht do, then his head lowered towards hers, his eyelashes brushing against the skin on her cheeks as his lips met hers
She slid her ar else Just his lips on hers She could feel all the tension she hadn’t even realised was there melt from her body as Leo deepened their kiss and pulled her even closer His hand slid down to her backside and the spark she’d felt that first night flooded through her again, coupled with the connection she’d felt today when they’d lain in the planetariuers entwined Leo Baxter was getting well and truly under her skin
They broke apart naturally, both trying to catch their breath She let out a little laugh and stepped back as she saw a few other people staring at them
He stepped back too, with a nod of his head
He gave her a nudge ‘How about a visit to a bakery in the next street, then we can try the skating?’
Her stohed ‘Well, okay, then,’ she said
The elevator ride doift and the white-triht around the corner with a queue out the door One of the servers gave Leo a wave
‘You know them in here?’ Anissa asked, her eyebrows raised
‘Perhaps’ He shrugged ‘Have a look in the counter They have cupcakes, scones, desserts, pies, cheesecakes, speciality cakes’ He pointed to one end of the counter ‘They even do a speciality cupcake every day’ He squinted around the guy in front of him ‘Today’s is banana, pineapple and pecan with crea’
She groaned The srier by the second The queue shuffled slowly forward ‘Okay,’ she asked ‘What would you recoht have tried a few of these’