dreams, if you wanted it."
She pressed back against his forehead.
"First? It's Vera Wang."
"Oh."
"Secondly, despite what I say to women on the salon floor, I think those gowns are hideous abominations, and the women who wear them look like bloated parade floats."
"I see. Is there a 'Third'?"
"Yes. Third? Buy me a plain white silk dress and a plane ticket somewhere with a sun-drenched beach, and yes, I'll marry you."
" If I were serious."
" If you were."
Kai fell quiet. But not for too long.
He said, "I'd like to hear the ocean."