Chapter 121

“Oh, silly me, I just remembered that I have to be at the restaurant early this morning,” she said, hitting her head with her palm.

He shook his head and dropped the cup to the table. “I will take you then.”

“Oh no no no no no.”

“No?”

“Yeah, I do not want to pull you away from your busy day.”

“My busy day?”

To him, it was obvious she was avoiding him. His eyebrows went up, and he scratched beside it. She shifted from one leg to another and murmured to herself. She had used up all the excuses she could think of, and now she wanted just to escape as fast as she could.

If she was being honest with herself, she wanted to kiss him again, but was it not obvious that he did that under the influence of the drink they had?