Chapter 15
Chapter 15: The Garden and the Sky
As the gallery decision looms, Dale and Skye escape to the seaside cottage to tend their garden and cook a meal from their first harvest. While painting the sunset, Dale accidentally spills Skye's paints, leading to an intimate ritual of painting each other's bodies naked in nature and making love. They return home cleansed and ready for the exhibition, their bond strengthened.
The week of waiting felt like a held breath. Dale found himself checking his phone more often than he liked, the silence of the gallery’s decision pressing against his ribs. Skye moved through the days with her usual grace, but he caught her staring at the folded spill sheet on the counter, her brow furrowed in a way that spoke of unspoken worries.
On the third morning, over toast and jam, he reached across the table and took her hand. “Let’s go to the cottage,” he said. “Just us. The garden needs tending, and I want to cook you a meal from our first harvest.”
Skye looked up, a flicker of surprise softening the tension in her shoulders. “Now?”
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