I flip to the last slide and straighten when I see the titleThings I’d Love to Know About My Wife.The playful feeling in my chest morphs into something tight as I read through the list.
Your family
If you couldn’t be a lawyer, what would you be instead?
What you do for fun
Quirks
The secret behind your obsession with cowboys
That’s one piece of information I’ll never tell. You couldn’t waterboard it out of me.
I tap on my phone, trying to decide how I want to respond. I flip open messages and type something out—something that downplays how much I loved this little gesture.
Camila
I can’t decide what’s worse: that you made this or that it actually has pictures in it.
Hess
You’re welcome. Can’t wait for your slide show presentation.
I fall back on the mattress, staring up at the ceiling.
Why is Hess’s Google Slides presentation the cutest thing a man has ever sent me?
Month Two
Hess
Makinga protein shake doesn’t require much time in the kitchen. You get the milk, you get the powder, you put it in a shaker bottle, and shake. But I’ve been standing in the kitchen—more like in front of the kitchen window—for five minutes now, pretending to make a protein shake in between glancing at my wife.
Camila is poolside.
In a royal-blue bikini.
Laying out.
