I was woken up by my phone ringing. I swung up from my couch, realising I fell asleep with the book still in my hands. I jumped up when I saw on my phone how late it was. And, moreover, Enzo was the one that called me. My eyes widened, even though I was practically still half asleep. My heart pounded, as I remembered that I was supposed to meet up with Taylor. Feeling how anxiety crossed my body I finally picked up. “Rose, do you know how long I waited for you to pick up? You should be ready as soon as possible. According to Charles, who is already at the location of the restaurant, Conson is waiting for you. And we need ten minutes at least to drive there.” He scolded me and my heart pounded against my chest aggressively.

Not to say that it was bothering me, but it somehow made me feel a bit too observed. I knew how his look on me could affect my whole body and everything I did was to figure out how to ignore his glaring at this point. The worst thing was, Enzo didn’t just watch what I did, he also followed every motion of the man that sat across from me. And as good as I could see and interpret this, Tyler was very much aware that his bodyguards weren’t the only guys that had an eye on him during this entire dinner. When the waiter from earlier arrived with our ordered food, I was just glad to have found an opportunity to distract myself a bit and not look down onto my lap while awkwardly playing with my fingers. Although the only thing I did was to stab my fork into the small dish as I tried looking possibly busy. It