Becoming Intimate

Ember’s pov

“What is your biggest dream?” Trent asked me in the middle of shopping the next day.

“To have a happy family,” I said with a sad smile. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.

He nodded and said, “I’m working on it. Soon we’ll have that.,”

I smiled at his thoughtfulness and squeezed his hands reassuringly. It was a sunny day and Trent and I were in the mall shopping for clothes, shoes, and bags.

He’d come into my room this morning and told me to dress up and that we were going shopping. At first, I had stared at him, disoriented from being woken up from sleep but I had smiled up at him, excited by his sudden show of love.

I had dressed up so fast and we had left so fucking fast too that I only caught my breath in the car.

“These are all gorgeous,” I said excitedly as we entered a café in the mall. We had been shopping for almost three hours straight and Trent had asked me to pause for a bit so we could eat.

Seated in the café, Trent called for a waitress and we both ordered fries an