Chapter 43. The Request

ROBERT

I knew I'd won the game Renee started the moment I locked eyes with her and her lips parted open in shock. 

Brown eyes meeting mine, she fluttered her lashes slyly, her whole body trembling, and I could see the movement from where I stood. 

Her cheeks were already flushed crimson red, and with her throat bobbing beautifully, she had her hand on the counter table she was standing close to.

I could hear some voices around me, as well as the approaching footsteps of some waitresses, but I didn't give them a second glance because my entire focus was on Renee. 

My naughty, shy girl.

My eyes twinkled, I winked, and with the smirk on my lips widening, she immediately bowed her head as if she'd seen something shocking. 

Of course, she couldn't hold my gaze, and I'm sure my arrival at her workplace surprised her because she never expected me to follow through on what I'd t