pte

lie

how I can still look at him and smile even after what happened. Aren't I

He asks with a blank expression on. I have no idea whether

ing came up back at home..." I re

client now. I will be back soon,

is attention, and he stops on his track,

e him. What the hell should I tell him? I'm sorry about what happened, it wasn't my fault but my brother's? How am I supposed to t

I pause and bite my lip for the s

've told me you had a boyfriend when I asked you to watch a movie with me, ye

was just messing with me because he didn't want me out of the house... He... He felt I won't be safe, which

d," I don't know why I said this t

r unknown reason, and I slowly nod my head. The smile on his face

reply to him, and

her at a classic restaurant, if you don't mind," He asks me, and I think for a while. I

even though I'm not sure of this yet,

ss of the place later, and the time t

r. Raymond..." I s

nothing. I don't know if what I'm about t

ears between his eyebrows. You know the reason I'm making this decision, right? You aren't expecting me to go home and have my brothe

en I'm fine with it," He shru

to later," He says to me, and I no

Although I have been to many dates in recent years of my life, and they never went well because my brother would always show up to mess things up for some reason best known to hi

has been delivered to me, and I must confess that Mr. Raymond has great taste in clothes because the red s

y over my shoulders, I walk elegantly into my office where he's already waiting for m

k in, staring at me the same way Asher does stare at me. Don't thi

in years that a man is telling me this. Yes, my brother tells me that eve

denial. It'll be inappropriate for other workers to see me holdin

out of the office, and we head to the el

l a bit uncomfortable. I know to some of them, we're going for a business date, while some that can read the

ing, and we finally arrive after spen

car and he does the same. He walks over to where I'm standing, intertwining his fingers with min

the building is, and the exterior design is everything to be called beauty. It's literally my first time being here, and I mus

door, it swings open on its own, and we walk in. My mouth literally drop open in shock at the sight that welcomes me as soon as we step into t

me out of lost, and I glance at him, noddi

ul," I smile widel

ns on a place that's decorated beaut

e chair for me to sit on, before he sit ac

ing silently. It has been a while since I last tried

rd silence, causing me to raise my gaze

it takes him another minu

r close to two years now, you kno

e first day I sent my eyes on you... I... I... I am not perfect, but I want to be perfect to be worthy of you...

for you? Be my woman, Adelie Williams," He says with desir