Chapter 10

POLLEN'S POV

It was barely three days after my last messy date, and my mother and Aunt Margaret had fixed another one.To avert what happened the last time, even though it wasn't entirely my fault, my mother drove me to the fine dining herself.

“Let me see you walk in,” she said immediately I alighted from the car.

When I came out of the car, she turned the engine off to watch me go inside. Her eyes didn't drift from me for a second, as I always found her staring every time I looked back.

A text from her popped in when I took my place in the restaurant.“Don’t mess this up,” I read it in her voice.

By the time I looked up, I saw her car driving away through the glass walls.I sat at the table reserved for my date, feeling restless and eager to get out of the premises. But leaving immediately will be dumb. I was very sure my mother would be lurking around somewhere to see if I would sneak out.

After sitting for a couple of moments while fervently praying for my date not to show up. I