Page 11 of This Is Why

“Now?” I look at my watch. It’s eleven in the morning, technically lunch time but since I just ate breakfast an hour ago, my appetite is currently non-existent.

Lexi gives me a devilish look. She has me right where she wants me and she knows it. “Take it or leave it, Reed.”

“I’ll take it. What’s good around here?” I pull out my phone and type restaurants near me in the searchbar.

“I eat my lunch at the cafeteria here at the hospital.”

I open my mouth to put up a fight because she deserves so much more than whatever cheap food and lousy atmosphere waits for us at a hospital cafeteria, but close it again immediately. The look on her face tells me I’m not getting any more out of her than what she’s already offered.

I dip my chin and offer her my elbow. “Lead the way, mylady.”

She stares at me for a long moment, shakes her head, and then takes my arm. “I must be crazy,” she mutters as she guides us towards a long hallway.

This is it. My chance. If I blow this lunch, I’ll lose her and any chance of getting to know my son without legal intervention. I may have made a tactical decision to lose the last battle, but I have every intention of winning the war. By the time lunch is over, Lexi will agree to meet me for a real date, no doubt aboutit.

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