Julliard stood with a gentle smile and pulled out the chair for Sharon like a proper gentleman."You're not late," he said, "I'm just early."Sharon wasn't used to this. She had never really dated. The man she'd spent the most time around was John, but they were more like family than anything else—so familiar that things like this, the unspoken courtesies between men and women, never even crossed her mind.Even when she was married to Carter, they rarely ate out together. And on the rare occasions they did, he never once thought to pull out her chair.So now, faced with Julliard's quiet attentiveness, she felt a bit… unprepared.Waving the waiter over, Sharon looked at him. "Order whatever you like. Don't hold back. This meal's on me."Julliard smiled. "Alright."Not far away, two young women were watching the scene unfold. Disappointment flickered across both their faces."So he has a girlfriend after all… guess that's the end of that.""Yeah… but honestly, they look perfect
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