Chapter 12

Daniel gave him a smile in return. “You wanna go out to eat? Or just come home with me and we’ll get take-out? I don’t think Irina or Luca will be home, so we’ll have the place to ourselves for a bit.”

Sasha nodded. “Yeah. Um, take-out?”

Daniel smiled wider. “C’mon, then.” He bent down to grab for Sasha’s bags. “There’s a great Japanese place I think you’ll love.”

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Daniel took him home, driving carefully through the Manhattan traffic and playing a radio station with classic pop songs.

Sasha felt so much better in Daniel’s presence, and laughed when Daniel tried singing along (badly) to a song or two. Sasha suspected Daniel was goofing around to make him laugh, but that was why Daniel was so great.