Chapter 20

So I have a theory and I may sound desperate but I am going to stick by it.

Alex was not able to see anything different about my dressing because he had not known me for so long. He had only seen me once and that wasn't enough time for him to decipher that I sucked at picking out proper clothes.

I smiled as I came up with that theory. Maybe it made me sound like a low grade woman but if I was going to make it through the breakfast without telling him to his is face and looking like a woman desperate for attention, then I had to make up some stories so that I would not end up sounding like what I am not.

Alex took me to a nice, cozy restaurant just a little out of town. As soon as I stepped in, I could smell the soothing scent of freshly made coffee and I smiled because the feeling brought warmth to my heart.

He must have noticed my smile because he immediately drew me closer to himself.

"Do you like the place?" He asked as we walked inside and the aesthetic of the building blew m