“I can’t right now, I have another matter to attend to. Maybe after lunch?” I suggest and he frowns before he smiles again.
“Yea, lunch. I can meet you in the front hall at 12 and we could go to lunch. There is a small diner in town that has the best home cooked food. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.” He says and I startle slightly. I didn’t say anything about getting lunch with him.
“Um… Actually I was thinking after lunch, around 1:30.” I say, not knowing how to approach this.
“That is perfect, the diner opens at 12:00 and closes at 8:00.” He says excitedly. Why is he not listening to a thing I say?
“He is, it’s called selective listening.” Veena says and huffs in response. Maybe he is just being nice, but what Iris told me remains. Warning me that he likes me.
“Look.
