PRETEND PRINCESS
I smiled, feeling my energy return.
"I mean, beneath that brooding billionaire gloom-and-doom façade, you're actually just a big, clumsy teddy bear."
His lips curled up.
"You're… exhausting."
"I know," I said smugly, leaning back in my chair with a self-indulgent smile.
We just kept going, and I allowed myself to sparkle.
Jokes, anecdotes, my goofy, sparkly sense of humor filling the air between us like glitter in a snow globe.
He smiled wider than ever before.