Cry For You_A Second Chance Romance by Shaniel Watson

Author:Shaniel Watson [Watson, Shaniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-12T18:30:00+00:00

The restaurant is packed. The hostess leads us to the bar, where we wait to be escorted to our table. This place is something. All gleaming, shining bright, with twinkling chandeliers. Rich carpeting, the staff dressed to the hilt in suits finer than any I own. I should have worn a suit, but I didn’t think this place was going to be this ritzy. Lacey fits in with her outfit, but my dark blue pants, buttoned-down shirt and vest could use a jacket in a place like this.

She takes a sip of her white wine. “It’s nice in here. First time I’ve been to anything like this. I felt like we should have curtsied when we came in.” She giggles. “A mere thank you won’t do.”

“Thought it was just me.” My brows draw together as I take a sip of white wine, which I hate. “This doesn’t feel right. This is all wrong isn’t it?”

“What?”

“This restaurant.”

“No,” she says, eyes widening. “Curtsying aside, it’s nice. Real fancy, refined and sophisticated.”

I shake my head. “It’s not you—it’s not us.”

She puts her hand on her chest. “Speak for yourself, buddy. I am classy and sophisticated.” She scowls then turns it into a smile, laughing.

“I’m not disagreeing,” I reassure her. “Fact, you are those things and more, but this feels wrong for our first date. We shouldn’t be forced to be this rigidly formal.”

Her eyes pull together, and her bottom lip pushes out. “Mm...”

“Where I went wrong was, I was trying to impress you the way I wasn’t able to do when we were younger and my money flow was going the wrong way. You deserved more.”

“Landon.” She leans forward, touching my arm. “You don’t need to impress me. I’m impressed already.”

Wow. After everything, she can still look at me like this and say this to me? I take a breath, because I need to. I gently touch her cheek; it’s warm and soft, like her heart. “Let’s go.”

I know the perfect place to take her. It’s better than any fancy restaurant. I park in front of what’s the new best eatery I know.

“It’s a pizza parlor. How did you know I would love it?”

“I just knew.” I smile back at her. I wasn’t sure, but I’m happy I was right.

“Come on then, I want pepperoni and extra cheese. Mmm.” She opens the truck door.

“Where are you going?” I lean over her, shutting it back.

“Well, we need to get out to eat.” She gives me the “duh” eyes.

Cute. “No, we don’t. When I left you at the bar to cancel our reservation, I made a call and look...they’re coming out with our two boxes now.”

She looks at the entrance and the delivery guy coming towards our car. “I stand corrected.”

“You do. Don’t underestimate me. I’m a good date.” I wink at her, and her lips press together with a smile. “Delivery over here,” I call to the delivery guy. “Pepperoni, extra cheese, and pineapple, ham, extra sauce.” I flash her a yeah-I-know smile before paying and placing them on the back seat with two cans of orange soda.

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