Chapter 24 –  Lights, Camera, Action

(Lexi’s POV)

“Can I at least hold your hand?” Finn asked me before walking toward the door and glancing at my hands clenched on my side. I was walking as if going on a battle, not a lunch date with his mother.

I looked at my hands, clasping them together as I decided quickly. I closed my eyes and breathed out before nodding.

‘Oh, come on, Lexi. We’re good at this!’ I could imagine Lexa saying the exact encouraging words whenever we had to switch in the past.

“Okay! Lights, camera, action!” I said in a hushed tone, extending my hand to him.

As Finn held my hand and curled his fingers into mine, it was only then that I realized he was as nervous as I. He glanced at me and smiled anxiously. For a man who dated many women, I couldn’t believe he was worried about bringing his girlfriend to this lunch with his mother.

The receptionist at the restaurant recognized him right away. Still, I caught her narrowing her eyes at me for a second as she probably remembered me with Frank, but she purse