I left work early after deleting only the most urgent emails and cooked some pasta for us both. He was late coming home. I was annoyed and opened a bottle of wine. I was on my second glass when he arrived.

"Your pasta is gone cold."

"I ate at a friend's house."

"And you didn't think to tell me? You could have saved me the trouble." I was getting more annoyed.

"Don't be upset, ok?

I glared at him until he realized his mistake.

"Ok, I'm sorry," he said softly

He walked over to me and hugged me, kissed the top of my head. I melted into his embrace.

"Let's...