Eden managed to keep her composure until dinner. 

Ian must have given Jackson some instructions, because the service was very formal, even though there were only two of them at the table. 

The omega sensed that her husband was trying to perfect her education gradually, in small groups, so that her learning of etiquette would be painless.

 Only their two seats had been left, all the others removed. Glasses and silverware were laid out as if on parade, on an immaculate tablecloth.

 It seemed to Eden that the dishes were intentionally varied, so that she was forced to choose the right place setting each time.

Ian, for his part, kept...