Chapter 29

**CHLOE**

“I… uh, I want to, uhm,” I stuttered, my heart hammering in my chest.

He chuckled. “You want to kiss me?” and my stomach stiffened.

“Huh?” I blurted out, flustered.

“Calm down; I'm just messing with you,” he said softly, taking my hands in his. “If it's not super important, you can always tell me later.”

I let out a small smile and nodded. “Yeah, I think that'd be better.”

“So here,” he said, extending the card back to me. “Hold on to it,” he insisted.

I reluctantly collected the card and shoved it into my clutch.

Standing up, he brushed a kiss against my cheek and then headed to the piano. The melody of “Nearer My God to Thee” filled the air as his fingers moved.

Goshhh… What can't this man do?

I sat there, mesmerized, my gaze fixed on the way his fingers moved gracefully on the keyboard.

Butterflies erupted in my stomach.

When the last note faded, the crowd applauded. As he returned to our table, a surge of pride swelled in my chest.

I blushed; that's my husband.

“Did yo