He wasn’t quite sure what the dinner was for, exactly. Some achievement or other, but from his family? The other’s? All he was told was to make it by 7pm, which he managed not to do, a staggering thirty minutes late and foregoing the front entrance for the back way and through the kitchens. Richard Livingston was not a man that took the obvious route in most things, he certainly didn’t do so now. In a pressed suit, handkerchief in front pocket and soft, shiny leather shoes led to each confident step through the bustling kitchen, all while managing to sneak an appetizer into his mouth — they’d hardly notice it, after all, eating it with a content sigh. Making it toward the entryway for the floor of the restaurant, he took a deep breath, bracing himself with the boredom of his smiles and forced pleasantries. There would be one highlight out of the dreary, though. And as he walked toward their table, blue eyes became warm at the sight of her sat next to an empty chair, surrounded by both of their families, looking very intense and bothered. That small little fact shouldn’t have brought out such a wolfish smile — but it did. Reaching into his suit pocket, he pulled out long jewelry box, before going toward Maggie, not stopping to greet the others before he tilted her chin to deliver a deep, searing kiss upon the lips he’s grown so found of tasting. He restrained himself in not slipping his tongue into her mouth — that would be for when they were alone. Or if he grew annoyed with his family, he wasn’t quite sure yet. Sitting down after the kiss came to an end, he took in a deep breath. “Forgive me,” he said, placing the box within her hands. “I passed by that lovely shop on the way, Martinelli’s or something of that sort, saw this necklace and thought it deserved to be around your neck and no one else’s.” Turning his gaze toward the others, he smiled, “So I bought it. Took longer than anticipated and the traffic was so dreadful,” he chuckled, leaning back in his seat, a hand resting at her thigh as he rose a brow to the others, “Did I miss anything?”