No Promises by N. Raines

Author:N. Raines [Raines, N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult, Romance
Publisher: Nona Raines LLC
Published: 2016-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Too long. Sam was actually nervous and surreptitiously used the red-and-white checked napkin next to her plate to dry her damp palms. Ruggiero's had cloth napkins and decent food, but was not fancy. Not expensive either, since Rick was insisting on paying. The restaurant had been Sam's choice. The decor might have been kind of corny—each table sported a straw-covered Chianti bottle, and pictures of mustachioed men lined the walls—but she loved the homey feel of the place.

She shifted uneasily in her chair, alone at their table, waiting for Rick to return from the men's room. From the corner of her eye, she scoped out the other diners. They were eating, drinking, perusing their menus. Nobody was looking her way or paying her the least bit of attention. Nobody could tell she was on a first date.

How dumb to be nervous. It was just dinner, for God's sake, and they'd eaten together before. Nor was she nervous about what would happen at the end of the night. After all, it wasn't like she and Rick hadn't already slept together, and she had every intention of doing it again. A lot.

It felt different, though. More serious than hooking up secretly, with no one the wiser. This was a public appearance, the two of them together. Like a couple.

Don't get ahead of yourself, Sam. It's just some pasta and eggplant parmesan. Not love everlasting.

Though their table was in the dining room, she was close enough to the entrance to see the counter where people picked up their take-out orders. A lanky, shaggy-haired dude came in the front door and spoke to the guy behind the counter. Though she only glimpsed him from the side, his height and the way he moved brought her a sickening sense of recognition. The moment she asked herself if it was really Cody was exactly the moment she knew it was.

Nausea hit the pit of her stomach while cold sweat popped out on her forehead. She hadn't seen him since high school, hadn't spoken to him since the most humiliating night of her life.

Sam couldn't move. She should have hidden behind her menu or pretended to rifle through her purse, but by the time he turned her way, it was too late.

Their gazes locked, and Cody had the same wide-eyed look of shock that was surely reflected on her own face. She knew exactly how he felt, too, because she had the same feelings. Panic. Dread. Praying the molecules of her body would simply separate and disappear.

They were both wishing they could pretend they'd never seen each other, and not quite having the guts to do so.

He gave a careless wave in her direction. "Hey, Sam. How's it going?"

He played it cool, as though it were only weeks since they'd seen each other rather than years. Whatever. She could do that, too. "Good." Her face was blazing, while her body was freezing cold. "How 'bout with you?"

"Oh, good. Good. Just came to pick up some takeout."

"Uh-huh."

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