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 set the cup down on the table. “I will take you then.”

“Oh no, no, no, no.”

“No?”

“Yeah, I don’t want to pull you away from your busy day.”

“My busy day?”

To him, it was obvious she was avoiding him. His eyebrows rose slightly, and he scratched the side of his head. She shifted from one foot to the other and murmured to herself. She had used up all the excuses she could think of, and now she just wanted to escape as quickly as possible.

If she was being honest with herself, she wanted to kiss him again, but wasn’t it obvious that he had done it because of the alcohol they had drunk?