Chapter SevenDamn, what was wrong with me? I shouldn’t be thinking about this guy like that. I’d just had my hopes and dreams crushed by my husband and my sister. I didn’t need to be looking at this man. It was a bad decision but it was nice to have someone like him look at me. He finished off his drink before pouring another and I picked up the tumbler that sat in front of me. “No, this is fine. But I can’t stay for long. My, uh, my friend is waiting for me.” I took a sip, looking away from the intense gaze that he had pinned me with. I almost felt guilty lying to him, but for all I knew he was some sort of serial killer and wanted me to be his next victim. Which, in all honesty, would have been the icing on the cake of the shitty day I’d been having. He didn’t say anything, but I had the feeling from the way he looked at me. With his lips ghosting into a smile that I would have missed if I weren’t paying attention, he knew that I was lying. I didn’t know how he knew, but I had a
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