Chapter 171

The Prey

Calm the hell down, Sera. It was not like I hadn’t been on any dates. I haven’t, but it wasn’t a date, right? Because why would he want to take me out to eat? I shouldn’t dwell deeper, I knew. It shouldn’t matter. But it did. At some point, everything did. Even how he looked at me, or how his fingers would unapologetically brush against my hand.

I cleared my throat feeling overwhelmed for some reason and averted my eyes. This place was vast, elegant and expensive as hell. It took me almost ten minutes to decide what to order, but then I recalled that the man sitting opposite me was a billionaire, he wouldn’t mind a dent of a few thousand dollars in his pocket. He could buy this place for I knew. So, I settled with some traditional dishes and red wine.

Judas didn’t order anything except for alcohol and I wondered if he was going to sit there and stare at me eating. It felt awkward.

I picked up my fork, but the intensity of his gaze pi