The Secret He Has

Chapter 10

The next day.

Briar's pov
Oh my gosh! I'm so happy! I just got back from work and I have some really good news! I can't wait to tell Myles. I'm pretty sure that he'll be happy about it as well.

I practically jump onto Myles as soon as I get in the house. I have a huge smile plastered on my face! This is so great!
"Well hello there." He says with a smile, hugging me back as I basically look like a koala clinging to him.
"Hey." I say and give him another smile.
"Good day?" He asks as I jump off him.
"It was great! I have some really good news!" I exclaim.
"What is it?" He asks as we both tame a seat in the living room.
"Well, there was an inspector in at work today. He watched me for a while and at the end of the day he said that he was 'very impressed' with me. I thanked him and just as I was about to leave, he asked me something." I say, my smile getting bigger.
"What did he ask you?" Myles asks, a smile on his face too.
"He asked me if I liked England. He was so impressed by my baking that he offered to buy me my own cake shop in England! He said that if I took the opportunity, he would pay for my plane ticket and buy a house! Don't worry, I said that I was living with my boyfriend 'Noah' so he offered to pay for your ticket as well! He said that he would send me five house options this evening. Isn't this great?" I ask, still smiling.
"Briar this is fantastic! But why would he offer to do all that, what would he get?" Myles asks.
"I asked him that and he said that he's friend of my uncle's and that he would be really happy if he got to tell people that he helped start off my cake shop!" I reply.

"Briar.." Myles says quietly, looking at the floor.
"Yeah?" I ask worriedly.
"We're going to England!" He exclaims, smiling.
Then he picks me up and spins me around. I just laugh and then he puts me down in front of him.
"I'm proud of you, you know that right?" He asks, looking into my eyes with a smile.
"I know." I say, returning the smile.

Then it happened! We leaned in and kissed. We kissed! We kissed! This is honestly the best day of my life! I just want to scream with happiness! It lasted for about twenty seconds, neither of us wanted to pull away, but neither of us wanted to die. When we pulled away, we were breathing heavily.
"Why do we have to breathe?" Myles jokes.
"Stupid air!" I say and we both laugh.

"We should probably go and pack." I say and start to walk away.
"Briar wait." He says and I walk back to him.
"We have loads of time to do that later." He says with a wink.
"And what were you thinking of doing now?" I ask with a smirk.
"How about we do this." He says, pushing his lips against mine and wrapping an arm around my waist.

For someone who had spent their life without kissing someone, he was pretty good.