Chapter Twenty

One morning, after another restless night, Mia decided she needed to talk to someone about the way she felt. She knew she and Colby were compatible in bed, and on the ski hill, for the most part. Colby tended to go off on the most difficult runs, leaving Mia behind. He said he knew she couldn’t keep up with his superior skill, so it was better for both of them if they just planned to meet at lunch and day’s end. Even though Mia was an expert skier, she didn’t take the chances Colby took. Mia had tried several times to talk to Colby about her feelings. Even though he was tender and caring in bed, now that his future was all mapped out, he seemed to be a man with a mission, and that mission didn’t include talking about Mia’s feelings. Mia wasn’t sure she would be any more than “the perfect wife” for Colby, giving him “the perfect children”, and she didn’t think she could settle for that. He still hadn’t said anything about loving her.

One night, Mia mentioned to Colby her dream to take an MBA. “It would further my career chances, and give me way more opportunities down the road,” she explained. Colby told her she could do whatever she wished, but her studies would have to fit in with the corporation’s plans for him, and he definitely expected Mia to do some traveling with him.

Mia asked Colby hesitantly, “Do you think we could just live together for a few weeks...” or months, she thought, “...till I get used to the new city, and a new job, and our new life?”

Colby was adamant his father’s company, friends, relatives, and clients would not take kindly to that idea, and that the wedding would take place as soon as she arrived there.