Chapter 9: An Unwelcome Customer
Nina
Enzo didn’t seem to recognize me right away with my uniform and my hair pulled back. He came in and sat down at the counter while I was pouring coffee for another customer, which I nearly spilled all over the table out of shock.
My hands trembled as I approached the counter. Was he following me, or was this just a coincidence? Now, more than ever, I regretted ever sleeping with him. Why must he insist on playing with my feelings like this? Couldn’t he just move on to the next girl?
I walked behind the counter and immediately turned my back to him, pretending to fiddle with the coffee
machine.
“Hi, Nina.”
So he did recognize me.
I took a deep breath and turned around to face him.
“What are you doing here?”
Enzo looked around and gestured a bit with his hands. “What do you mean? It’s a diner. I’m hungry.”
frowned and folded my arms across my chest. “You and I both know that you could have gone to any other restaurant in town, and you chose this one. Are you following me
head. “Can I just get
one of the laminated menus from behind the
kind old man named Phil. He walked with a cane, but his mind was sharp and his
hope you’re not being rude
but Phil cut me off
he said. “Enzo
but genuinely smiled for the first time since I met him. He looked handsome when he smiled, and suddenly I had a flash
head. “No. She’s just surprised to see me,
up at me then and winked before hobbling off to go count the register while Enzo scoured the
His brown eyes were captivating, but I tried not to let them
trying to get me to talk to him more than I needed to, but Phil was watching and I couldn’t be rude in front
like the grilled cheese,”
cheese sounds good right now,” Enzo said, handing back to me. “And
then retreated to the kitchen to put in
the counter. I
Enzo said, his mouth full after. taking a bite of
myself with pouring coffee for other customers and clearing tables. I always felt Enzo’s eyes on me as I worked, but whenever I turned around, he only seemed to be looking at his phone and his food. It was unsettling to feel like I was being watched, only to find out that I wasn’t being watched at all. I chalked it up to Enzo making me
Enzo was finished, he waved me
thought
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