The kitchen was on the neater end of the house, considering how seldom Verity used it for its intended purpose. She filled up the kettle and fetched cups for them both while Liam started preparations for the coffeemaker, with his precious 'measuring' and 'ratios.'

It wasn't until she had her first mug in hand that she asked, "You sure you wanna do this?"

It was funny. She didn't have cold feet. She just wanted to make sure that he didn't, either.