Chapter Forty-Eight: One Night Stand

By the time we arrived back at the hotel, it was dark. He pulled the car to the parking lot and turned off the ignition. "Wait," he said as I attempted to take the car door knob. "Hold on; I'll open it up for you." "C'mon, Gabriel, I thought we'd gone past all of this." "It's not just about the formality or to make you give me a five-star rating for my services, although that would count." "Then, what is this still about?" "Regina, you are a special lady and deserve to be treated specially." I chuckled. "C'mon, not the flattery now." "You know it's not flattery." "I don't know that." "Okay, let me ask you a question." "Go on..." "Am I the first person telling you this? You are a special lady and should be treated specially." "No." He grinned with the 'I told you' look. "Don't give me that look just yet; I wasn't done making my point." "Oh, I didn't know you were." "Anyway, the first person who always said that to me ended our long relationship in a wreck. How special ca