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.”

could have gone to any other restaurant in town, and you chose this

shook his head. “Can I just

from behind the counter

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

being rude to a

Phil cut me off when he saw

he said.

him. He looked handsome when he smiled, and suddenly I had a

just surprised to see

Phil looked up at me then and winked before hobbling off to go count the

brown

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

like the grilled

now,” Enzo said, handing back to me.

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

still shook a bit as I carried the plate of hot food back out to the counter. I set it down in front of Enzo, then

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 to feel like I was being watched, only to find out

was finished,

god, I thought to

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