When I go to Stone and Mike's offices, the lights are still off, and I bite back a grumble when I realize that today is the start of Mike and Lucia's long-awaited honeymoon.

This implies that at each executive meeting, Stone and I will be left alone. Oh my God, he's here.

As the automatic glass doors of our office swing open to welcome him in and the other staff working on this level start welcoming him, I barely manage to resist the desire to leap to my feet.

Eventually, as he starts to move, the space between us closes, and as our eyes come together, my heart begins to...