My heart warmed as I took him in, then surveyed all my goodies again. Maybe this was a small gesture for him, and in the grand scheme of things, I supposed it was. But I’d been raised on a steady diet of Hallmark movies and my mother’s dramatic relationships, so I’d never been one for big, romantic gestures. Over-the-top proposals and flashy declarations had never done much for me, no matter how much Mom loved them.
