Chapter 124

Allena raised her brow at Justin and said, “We’re a situation now?”

“I don’t know what we are,” he said flatly. “You left pretty abruptly the other day.”

“I didn’t want the kids to see me,” she said frankly, spooning a little sugar into her coffee. “It

would only confuse them.”

“It confused me, too,” he said and met her gaze. “I thought you might have..."

"Might you have what?” she prompted when his words trailed.

He sighed. “Stayed,” he responded. “Talked. Listened. I don’t know... something.”

“I didn’t want to overanalyze things,” she said. “I still don’t.”

“When we were in bed together, after we made love, I asked you to marry me,” he reminded her.

“Again. So, have you considered it?”

She sat back in her seat, her eyes bright but glaring at him. “Seriously, this is what you wanted to talk about? And how?” She laughed brittlely. “You really suck at proposing, Justin.”

“I was only trying to—”

“I know what you’re trying to do,” she said hotly. “You’re trying to solve an equation or fi