Chapter 70

I put my green dress back on for dinner that evening.

Luca drove us out to a posh, upscale restaurant that was perched right on the water. Tables were set out along a long pier, overlooking the fading sun that set over the ocean.

It wasn't until we were seated at our table that I realized it was the first real date Luca and I had been on.

When I pointed this out, he grimaced.

"Yeah, I could be better at that," he said.

"I wasn't saying it in a negative way," I said quickly.

"I just meant that it's crazy how much we've been through and this is the first time we've gone out somewhere, just the two of us."

He chuckled.

"I guess it is a little weird when you think about it," he admitted.

"It feels like we've been together a lot longer than a month."

I nodded in agreement.

A few moments later, a waiter came over to take our drink order. I bit the inside of my cheek as Luca ordered a three-hundred and fifty dollar bottle of wine.

He must have seen the look on my face when he turned back to