It's not quite an answer to his question - when Monty settles with her, Lo sips her champagne and tells him, "You are the sweetest thing." Because there are endlessly and unchangingly pragmatic parts of Lo, in the back of her mind she's thinking about the breast pump and how much milk she has stashed, how many glasses of champagne she can get away with. Of course, mostly she's beaming at her husband and trying to guess what he's hiding in his pockets.
The pale pink strap of her slip slides down her shoulder, as if on cue, and she presses a lipstick-less kiss to his temple. "I can't believe you surprised me!" Actually, she can, but it just wouldn't do to let on. "Where's Rome? What are we doing today?"
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Date: 2008-12-21 03:49 pm (UTC)The pale pink strap of her slip slides down her shoulder, as if on cue, and she presses a lipstick-less kiss to his temple. "I can't believe you surprised me!" Actually, she can, but it just wouldn't do to let on. "Where's Rome? What are we doing today?"