79. Date Night

ADRIAN

I passed Maggie a smile while cutting into my meat. It felt great being at a restaurant for a change instead of being stuck at the house.

While I loved my dad and stepmother, I was tired of living under the same roof as them.

I longed to feel like a grownup and do whatever I wanted without them breathing down my neck. Therefore, I applied for various places to work this week. Now all I needed to do was play the waiting game.

The wait was killing me, though. I was impatient and wanted to move out as soon as possible. It would be heaven if Maggie and I didn't have to sneak around and pretend not to be lovers anymore.

We were a couple, but we had decided not to tell our parents about our relationship. Not yet.

There was no reason to spill the beans and create family drama before we knew how serious we were.

Instead, we had chosen a life of sneaking around inside our parent's home. We usually snuck into each other's bed at night, and while it had been exciting at first, I was