Love across the pages

listen?"

"Wha-hat do youmean?"

"I told youabout it, a month ago but you didn't listen! Mac is my neighboor'sdog! I have to walk him every day because my neighboor has beenhospitalised!"

"I...I...you...are not with...I was jealous of adog??"

"Indeed!"

His blue eyes nolonger grilled her but dared to hope.

"And you likeme?"

"I love you,"she said very simply.

"You? You do?"He shook his head slightly. "I made myself sick over a dog? Andeveryone thinks I am a womanizer now because of a dog? I must bethe most foolish man on earth ..." He leaned over her and kissedher. "... and the luckiest!!"

This time shedidn't withdraw.

"How are you tocall me now, Virginia?" he said lifting her chin.

"Harry?" shesuggested hesitantly.

“Yes,My dear Ms Benton. I’m sorry I threw your reports away. Let me getthat for you. But it’s so much better to have you than your typingnotes! I think if I saw another hand-written notification from yourhands I would go crazy!”

“You…thought of me?”

“Allthe time and even when I didn’t, your elegant handwriting notesalways reminded me how close and yet how far you were from me. Ikept asking you to rewrite reports so I could spend time withyou.”

Andall that time she had thought of him demanding and tyrannical whenhe was just trying to find excuses to be with her.

“Soshould I write you my notice or should I type it?” she askedteasing.

“Neither! I demand that you stayed at my service. How about youuse your beautiful fingers to google the nicest restaurant in town?I think I have an extraordinary meeting to attend rightnow.”

“Itisn’t in your calendar!” she said looking automatically in hernotes.

“Ofcourse, it isn’t! Our first date is not in my agenda yet. Has itjust turned up in yours?”

Shelaughed.

“Ibelieve it has,” she said updating quickly both theircalendars.

He stood behindher chair while she worked away. He started kissing herneck.

“Soeverything is in order then?”

She muffled agroan.

“Nowit is!” she said turning to him at last and kissing him inreturn.

Theend.