He took the two penguins and showed her how they went together like two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. They’d been made as two halves of a whole.

“They fit,” she said, marveling.

“They do,” he agreed and met her gaze. “And so do we, Kylie.”

She shook her head, reaching for him. “You’re amazing, you know that?”

“I don’t,” he said, lifting her up against him again, closing his eyes, loving the feel of her in his arms. “Maybe you should tell me, slowly and in great detail.”

She took him home and did just that.