Addy smiled at him and whispered nervously, "Thank you. You still look very handsome." She had never been so frightened in her entire life. Gael had really scared all her confidence away, and there wasn't a whole lot to begin with.

She clung to Leon's arm as though her life depended on it. Pathetic. That would probably get picked at too, right? Oh well. The bigger picture was that she was spending Christmas with Leon, in Paris. She smiled at that, and at him, and wondered how on Earth Michi couldn't like him when he made her so happy.