"Ugh." I pointed to my head. "Holes. No good for talking marriage."

He shook his head, not even a trace of a tempting smile on his full lips. His expression was softer than I'd ever it before, kinder even, but his sapphires sparkled as bright as ever. He crossed his boot-clad leg over the other. "I'm not here for that. I wanted to see how you were holding up."

For some reason, I could hear him perfectly over the static in my head. I shrugged and decided to skip right to the ...