nu. The couple, of course, got the same food; halibut—the chef's special that n

f her busy schedule anyway. She has not been to any fancy restaurants lately, let alone go on a date. Bes

, Hazel," Christine told her when thei

ppetizing. Can that woman not tell that she doesn't want to talk? S

at in mind when I come h

for another glass of wine for the three of them, she

d I thought she only looks like

Christine leaned slightly towards her and w

he could tell she would not like

sed her hand and waved towards the guy

jaw dr

Although Shawn still looked taller. And had Shawn not been in the same room, the man would surely be the most handsome fellow who walked inside the restaurant

sually stunning, he could knock any woman off their skirt without even doing so much

her man on her date with Shawn? He'

asking Christine who the man w

here going t

istine pulled the man into a hug wh

rry I'm late," he said. "I came runni

you also invited s

ur best friend, I was not expecting that your best friend is a girl. So, I figured it must be very difficult for Hazel to be al

and dropped a sm

ousin

e know he was there as her date. She's starting to think differently of

hamelessly desperate.

s Hazel. Hazel, mee

. Hazel's eyes widened. It wasn't the casual cheek-to-cheek gr

to Wesley. The two men shook hand

proached their table to hand a menu to Wesley, he glanced a

and smiled. "

o the waiter. "I'll have the la

up, placing a hand on the table. "Excuse

n a call came in. A crease formed on her foreh

. She found Shawn by the door of the men's room holding his phone

" She asked, worried.

now anything about Christine asking her cousin to come tonight. S

shrugged. "Well, I have been sitting through yo

, too. "Yeah, sorry about that. Christ

a change of atmosphere

eally okay with this. I know you are n

the only that cares about her like that. "I'm fine, Shawn. I'm

make you feel uncomfortable. I just thought it

y about it.

I guess, Wesley's not

bad, she thought. But it would