Chapter 25. Deception in the Bookstore

BELLE

Once I had finally pushed Grayson away from me, feeling embarrassed to be having a hot make-out session in public, we caught a cab to a place where Grayson said there were a lot of cute shops that we could walk through.

The architecture of Paris amazed me. All the buildings were so beautiful and cohesive. The shops were all cool too. It was too bad that they were all way out of my price range. As we continued to walk, I couldn’t help but wonder if we were anywhere near my mother.

This area kind of looked like where my mother lived based on my memory of the last time I’d gone to visit her. It was so long ago, but I remembered the trip so vividly.

She lived in an apartment above a shop called E.Dehillerin, a cute little cooking shop. I’d loved walking around it, browsing when I’d come to visit with my dad years ago, especially because it had gotten me away from my mother.

“Grayson?”

He looked at me.

“Do you know if we’re anywhere near a