“You’ve paid for breakfast this whole week,” she says. “Seriously, I can pay for breakfast.”

“Yeah,” I say, draining the juice from my glass. “Good to know. You’re not going to but still good to know.”

I slide out of the booth, and Dylan follows me and walks ahead of me. I wait for Caroline to slide out, and the dress has risen a bit, showing off her long legs. “Next time, I’m not going to order anything.”

I shrug and grab her hand in mine. “It’s okay. I’ll order for both of us.”

“I won’t eat.” She thinks she can one-up me.

“I’m sure I can force-feed you.” I wink at her, and now I put my hand over her shoulder and pull her to me as she groans. “Eventually, you’ll eat.”

She doesn’t say anything. Instead, we just walk to the SUV, and Dylan opens the back door. “I’m going to walk from here,” she says, and I look down at her. “It’s two blocks.”

“It’ll take me thirty seconds,” I say, and she just shakes her head.

“Give me a kiss,” she says to Dylan, who leans over and kisses her. “Have a good day at camp.”

“It’s free Friday,” he says, and she looks over at me.

“They can do whatever activity they want all day long,” I fill her in. “If he wants to stay on the ice the whole day, that’s okay. If he wants to stay in the gym and then go on the ice, that’s okay, too.”

“I’m going to do whatever Justin does,” Dylan says to her.

“That sounds like a great day.” She smiles at him and then closes the door. “Have a good day, you two.”

I walk to her, and I’m not sure I’m okay with Dylan watching us kiss, so I lean in and kiss her cheek. “Call me when you get to work.”

“I’ll be fine,” she says when I walk around the front.

“Either you call me or I drive you?” I give her the option. Everyone likes options, right?

“Or I walk to work and start my day and see you tonight.” She crosses her arms over her chest.

“Yeah, those options are both negative.” I look at her. “I can always carry you over my shoulder, put you in the vehicle, and then drive you there.” I smile now as she puts her hand up to shield the sun from her face. “Not going to lie to you. The latter is my preferred.”

I can’t see her eyes with the sun. “I’ll call you when I get there.”