Chapter 9

“Can you believe that we are celebrating both Valentine’s Day and our five-year anniversary today?” Edward commented out of the blue.

“Yes and no,” Matthew replied and shrugged his shoulders.

He gazed at both of his lovers happily as he followed them into the restaurant.

“Aiden Eastwood. Party of three,” he announced to the woman by the counter on the left side of the entrance.

When she located their reservation, she grabbed three menus off the counter before leading them to a table situated next to a window. She left them alone to browse through the menu.

“Are we ready to order?” Aiden asked his two lovers after the three of them had browsed through their menus for five minutes or so.

Fortunately, they’d been here many times before, so they didn’t need too much time. They generally ordered the same items off the menu anyway.

“Sure.”

“Yeah.”