Chapter 25

It was exactly eight o’clock when I heard the front door open. I watched her drop her purse onto the couch beside the door and wondered why she was staring at it for long. When I realised that it was the same couch that we made out on last night, I couldn’t help but smirk at her flushed face.

Noticing my gaze on her, she instantly looked up and locked her eyes with mine.

“Hey,” I said and nodded at her.

Gulping, she opened her mouth but seemed to have been at a loss of words.

I couldn’t help but feel amused at her, she was clearly as affected by it as I was, if not more. To help her out of her agony, I continued.

“I made dinner, hope you haven’t eaten already.”

“Um, I didn’t. I’m starving, in fact.” She said.

“Good, I’ll fix the table while you get changed,” I suggested.

She nodded at me in relief and escaped into her room.

Sighing, I realised that if her guard was going to be up like this for the entire evening, it would be very difficult for me to strike a conversation. Well, she wa