Chapter 109

Raya

I felt my palms turn sweaty the minute the news settled in.

His parents.

Dinner.

In his family house.

"Hey, hey, look at me," Mr. Sterling said, already seeing the panic in my eyes, and he placed each of his hands on my arms.

"It's just dinner. Nothing attached. You don't have to go, even because I would much rather spend time with you alone."

"What is wrong, mummy?" We turned to see Kyle looking at me in concern, and I shook my head.

"Nothing, love; I'm fine. I'll go. I just don't have what to wear..."

Okay, that was a lie, as I had lots of clothes he had dumped on me during our hate-hate relationship, but my mind was too foggy to think of that.

"I mean, I don't know what to wear. Dinner gown, something simple..."

"I'd much rather you wear jeans and a shirt."

I hit his arms playfully, smiling, "You must be kidding me."

But that was only for a while, because the realization of what I was about to do hit me.

I was meeting his parents.

That sounded so formal, like I was planning to