Enzo didn’t seem to recognize me right away with my uniform and my hair pulled back. He came in and sat down at the counter while I was pouring coffee for another customer, which I nearly spilled all over the table out of shock.
My hands trembled as I approached the counter. Was he following me, or was this just a coincidence? Now, more than ever, I regretted ever sleeping with him. Why must he insist on playing with my feelings like this? Couldn’t he just move on to the next girl?
I walked behind the counter and immediately turned my back to him, pretending to fiddle with the coffee
machine.
“Hi, Nina.”
So he did recognize me.
I took a deep breath and turned around to face him.
“What are you doing here?”
Enzo looked around and gestured a bit with his hands. “What do you mean? It’s a diner. I’m hungry.”
I frowned and folded my arms across my chest. “You and I both know that you could have gone to any other restaurant in town, and you chose this one. Are you following me or something?”
Enzo shook his head. “Can I just get a menu, please?”
With a huff, I grabbed one of the laminated menus from behind the counter and tossed it down in front of him.
Phil. He walked with a cane, but his mind was sharp and his
hope you’re not being rude to a customer,
Phil cut me off when
said.
smiled not smirked, but genuinely smiled for the first time since I met him. He looked handsome when he smiled, and suddenly I had a flash of a memory from Friday night in his bed. I
She’s just surprised
at me then and winked before hobbling off to go count the register while
menu. His brown eyes were captivating, but I tried not to let them
him more than I needed to, but Phil was watching and
the grilled cheese,” I
cheese sounds good right now,” Enzo said, handing back
dissatisfied glare, then retreated to the kitchen to put in Enzo’s order. I hid back there while the cook
the counter. I set it down in front of Enzo, then filled up a
Enzo said, his mouth full after. taking a bite of grilled cheese. “This is
replied when I looked over to see Phil glaring at me from the register. While Enzo ate, I busied myself with pouring coffee for other customers and clearing tables. I always felt Enzo’s eyes on me as I worked, but whenever I turned around, he only seemed to be looking at
was finished, he waved
I thought to myself. He’s
followed me to the register; not that that was out of the ordinary for customers, but I guess that
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