Chapter 48. Don’t Play Me, Mr. Garcia
Andre’s POV
I find her at Savory Bites, her back turned to me as she balances a tray in one hand and takes an order with the other. Her voice is light, casual. She laughs at something a customer says.
She looks... different.
Not physically, but there’s something about her movements—the ease, the way her smile lingers just a second longer than necessary. It twists something inside me.
She’s happy.
Without me.
And I can’t stand it.
I push open the door. The moment she spots me, she freezes, her fingers tightening around the tray.
Her eyes lock onto mine, cold and sharp, and I could guess what she might be thinking in that little head of hers, (What the hell are you doing here?!)
I don’t answer. I don’t even acknowledge her glare. Instead, I slide into a seat by the window, pick up the menu, and pretend to be interested in the overly designed fonts and tacky graphics while waiting for her.
She doesn’t come to
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