Chapter 13

I invited Mario in for a coffee after taking me back to my apartment, and he accepted.

 I went up to the kitchen and began preparing my coffee while he sat on the couch in the living room.

 I took the spot with as much distance as possible away from him and placed the tray on the table, after letting him pick a mug.

 "Landon didn't seem too happy when he saw you there..." he said, swirling the contents of the mug for a bit before sipping. It seemed as if he was avoiding any eye contact with me.

 "Yeah well, you could say he doesn't like me a lot. What about you, he wasn't exactly nice with you either?" I asked, holding up a plate of cream puffs to him, which he examined for a few seconds and then politely declined.

 "I'm afraid he doesn't like me too much either. I was worried maybe it's because of me he was mad at you."

 "Oh. Wh