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.”

my arms across my chest. “You and I both know that you could have gone to any

I just

from behind the counter and tossed it down in front

of the back. He was a kind old man named Phil. He walked with a cane, but his mind

being rude to a customer, Nina,”

Phil cut me off when

said. “Enzo

met him. He looked handsome when he smiled, and suddenly I had a flash of a memory from Friday night in

just surprised to see me,

hobbling off to go count

recommend?” Enzo asked. He glanced up from the menu. His brown eyes were captivating, but I tried not to let them get to

annoyed at his question. He was clearly trying to get me to talk to him more than I needed to, but

like the grilled

now,” Enzo said, handing

lips together into a sarcastic smile and snatched the menu away, ignoring Phil’s dissatisfied glare, then retreated to

counter. I set it down in front of Enzo, then filled up a glass with

after. taking a bite of grilled cheese. “This is good…

as I worked, but whenever I turned around, he only seemed to be looking at his phone and his food. It was unsettling

Enzo was finished, he waved

thought to myself. He’s

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