The Returning Ex

Very much surprised, Lola trotted out. Meanwhile, Logan remained sitting in the car with the car window wound down. Running over, Lola demanded impatiently, “What is it now? I’m busy at the moment.”

Taking the two wrapped stalks of roses in the passenger seat, Logan handed them to her. “Here, for you.”

Lola stared at the two stalks of roses in stunned astonishment. “Why are you giving me this?”

At this, Logan chuckled. His voice tinged with a hint of mockery, he explained, “You told me that you didn’t receive any flowers while out on a date with your boyfriend, so I came over to console you, afraid that you’re saddened.”

at him without saying a single

of flowers, so it’s nothing to me.” After saying that, he slipped back into

bewildered at his sudden gift of flowers. While it was merely two stalks of flowers and seemed exceedingly perfunctory, she felt very awkward for some inexplicable reason. To date, she’d never received flowers from someone of the opposite sex. When the man from the blind date came to seek her out and they went out for lunch, they walked past a florist just after exiting the restaurant. However, her mind never went there, and the man didn’t notice it either. Actually, she wasn’t all that bothered whether he gave her flowers. Nevertheless, it was definitely better than nothing. Holding the two stalks of exquisitely wrapped roses, she lifted her head and gazed in the direction where Logan’s car had disappeared, wondering what he meant

felt gratified all of a sudden though he couldn’t quite explain the feeling. Anyhow, he felt as though he’d regained his dignity before her; it felt truly blissful

who said the Baileys had called Sophia twice, inviting her to Ernest’s upcoming birthday celebration. Sophia’s relationship with the Bailey Family was already well past bad to downright hostile, so it was clear as day that the Baileys had