ed in m

a date...actually, he

myself on

t to," he added. My back was still facing

er and why was this man being u

answer. I couldn't just agr

he discovered he was look

ded like a lady playing hard to get.

can reschedule" he was quick to sa

because I had thought he

date to act like he care

s face was anything from unconcern.

ying hard left me

it" I said looking at him to see his

ck" he said and went ba

y at him. This guy had zero idea

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echoing in the large, quiet house. I adjusted the strap of my simple black dress and touched up my lip glo

s already

t was unbuttoned slightly at the top, revealing a bit of his neck and collarbone

tting on a grey suit and stood

if he was

hope Darren wasn't plann

up almost immediately. For a second

s before he maintained

sed and gave a soft

nked.

iment me?" I asked

unaffected. But my heart was already misb

d. Dimpl

iver tonight" I turne

nged... I guess. He no longer

ocked some sense i

***

It was more of a charged silence. I looked out the window to di

his phone all t

rant. The kind that overlooked the city lights and had soft m

I said, looking around as h

might like that," he said, t

h we had known each other

the table flickered

asta and some creamy mushroom sauce. Surpri

dogs on his plate, bu

iced my confusio

Am I right?" he looked u

rised at how much thi

cking out the hotdog on

n the water wearing jeans. I laughed, genuinely. The thought of him bei

some years back, who broke his barr

us and I did

ust to make the conversation flow an

She is the prettiest female I've ever

alous by praising his past lover in front of me..

t said and quickly r

sed the jealousy within m

aise his ex lover in t

ip didn't last as we both separate

hatever made them separate. He

t I wasn't in the mood for sharin

the media?" I asked just to ea

d and continued

d to make him feel better

to eat. He alread

alm guy you think I a

him. He was

n't respond t

thing and was smiling at me and why

yell at you all day, do you?" The

play along.. "So you're

ly. "Maybe I just k

the question that had been sit

want to go

e looked down at his glass, then back up

He leaned forward just a little. "Yo

feeling uncomfortable with the way h

ck and conti

e, I saw more than just the man I was forced to marry. I s

omething to me

the night we

ore. Ate dessert-he ordered crè

ide me silently, his hand brushing mine

turned to him and whispere

t quiet, dimpl

yti

anged in my life...I felt like maybe, just