Chapt. 9

"Is this giving us a chance?" Adrian referred pulling out a chair for Louisa to sit. Once he made it to his seat, she replied,

"Not yet."

Louisa made a glance at the signature Hawaiian-themed luxurious restaurant's decor dotted with smiling duos and immediately knocked upon her that they weren't at the right place or preferably, they weren't the right duo.

"Are you by any chance...using me?" He leaned forward with narrow eyes chiseling out every nook and cranny her face had to offer.

Louisa rested her chin on the back of her stacked elevated hands with a mischievous grin in sight, "using you?" She echoed, "and why will I do that?"

Adrian leaned back, "I'm not stupid, Louisa. I've gone through this process enough to master it," a waitress dissected their sea of conversation with an ice-filled bucket of champagne after which she sublimed leaving them with filled glasses.

"Are you indirectly insinuating something?" She continued.

"No, not at all."

"Then why think I'm...using you