Echoes Of Affection

er world. The place was pure elegance, dim lighting, chandeliers casting a gol

there was

ng onto mine. He looked refined in a tailored dark su

way he lo

mething worth

nd he went all the way out to give me a kiss on the

e's existence, you are just like a garden of roses,

that compliment was racing through every se

way in front of my friend, I sa

met her the other

ce's existence, he stretched out his hand

ose about you, and I wanted to say thank you for being a friend to

as trying to piss her off, ma

r all she is my best friend and she shouldn't see any h

e me, cutting through the mome

o a smirk. "I thought it wa

and from the moment the dinner started,

asked pointed questions about his business, his personal li

didn't seem fazed. If an

rilling him about his real intentions wi

very invested in making sure

She's my best friend.

metimes, the biggest mistakes come fro

d for a fracti

, something unsettling

mean?" I asked

k away from Alice. "

"Well, I think your obser

tinued with a strange unde

me, a sliver of doub

trying to warn

planting seed

question of all, was I

gering. I had enjoyed the meal, yes, but not the constant, subtle friction between Alice and Alexander. It was supposed to be a

ine with an unreadable expression. "That dinner didn't go as I hoped," he admitted, a quiet honesty

y head. "Alice wasn't exactl

at happens when you mix two worlds-mine and yours. But we don't have to

ker of relief

e can just... unwind?" He rais

et loose. Maybe this would be a way to ease the tension and move

lub tonight? You know it's a Friday, and you

so quickly, but when my pho

going home, you ha

predictable, and tonight, definit

ther at once. "Alice isn't coming," I told Ale

s her choice. But we don't have to waste

, and with the way Alexander looked in his tailored suit, the saint of his heaven-like colo

"Okay. L

nd that I'll be fine on my own. She gave me a side eye and said bye in a low tone