Millie and I head home

Dinner stayed quiet the whole time. I wanted to say something, anything. But no. We just ate our spaghetti in peace. I paid for the food, grabbed us a couple mints to get the Italian breath out of our systems, and took Millie back to the car. She stayed clamped on my arm the whole walk back to the Jeep, staying silent and adverting her gaze from mine.

Eventually, we found ourselves on the road to the cabin. We were still silent, and it was agonizing. Every five minutes I wanted to apologize, to fix it. I thought messing up and her being mad would be the worst thing that could have happened. I was wrong. Her silence was killing me. Eventually, I pulled up to the cabin, the brights for the car illuminating the beautiful country home.

Finally, Millie's voice rang out. I didn't realize how much I missed it till I was worried she would never speak to me again.

"Matt... I... I want to thank you. You... You really put a lot of time, thought, and work to make this evening lovely." she looked over to me, and our eyes met for the first time since I kissed her in the restaurant. "You also... you also showed me that I have feelings for you I don't know if I can control. Feelings I don't know if I want to control."

She breathed in, and for a moment I realized what I had done. She had probably figured that at worst I would mess up and she might give me some head. At best, she and I would have a one night stand and move on. However, I gave her a date only someone who loves their date would give. This wasn't a one night stand date. This was... something else. I gave her something magical and I didn't even realize it. I gave her something she had been missing from her marriage for the longest time, something that she had sought for and found in me.

I gave her love. Not lust, not desire, not sex addled need. Love.

Her voice spoke up again. "Matt. I am going to go change. As much as I love this chest, I must admit, it does hurt the girls after a while." she said, a nervous smile crossing her face. "Then, I want you to meet me in the living room. We need to talk about... this." she said, gesturing between us. I nodded and watched her leave the Jeep. Before she walked inside the cabin, however, she turned and gave me a smile. "Don't worry about your reward by the way. That's... that's something we will talk about."