Chapter 45

Sebastian

I had decided on Italian for our date night. It had only been 2 days since I'd seen her, but I missed her. I'd made a salad and picked up an Italian creme cake even - I could cook but baking and decorating was a bit out of my wheelhouse. I wasn't sure what I should wear and she hadn't asked either so I felt a little lost. Honestly this was only the second time I'd cooked for a woman and I didn't think my mother counted.

I had called my brother Fabian for pointers as he'd been married the longest. He gave me shit for a whole 10 minutes before I'd threatened to hang up. After he'd had a good laugh with his wife Sara they'd both given me pointers and looking over the table and living room I felt pretty good. I'd told them that Adira liked simple but beautiful and bold so Sara told me to go with black candles and red napkins. And roses on the table. I didn't usually date women - I'd only fuck them. But when I'd seen her standing there smiling I wanted that - that swe