Page 289 of Chaos has a Name
What he wanted to say was that she was absolutely not interrupting.
What he ended up saying was the worst possible thing he could.
It was cold, icy, and so goddamn impersonal, but if he didn’t keep it in check, it would go to shit, and she’d find out all about him.
And none of it good.
“Can I help you?”
His deadpan monotone voice worried her. In that moment, she actually believed she was interrupting. Now, she was definitely second guessing this evening’s choices.
Her brain screamed one thing.
‘He is absolutely not into you. Abort your mission!’
But she was stuck holding the bag.
Literally.
In hopes to salvage this, Rayna showed him the bag that she was holding.
“I picked up some dinner. I thought you’d like to join me. It’s a nice night. Want to have a picnic?” she asked, smiling at him.
What she expected was acceptance, and a dinner date. What she got was anything but.
Caspian blinked.
And saidNOTHING.
Oh, he looked as if he wanted to say something, but he didn’t, and that freaked her out.
This was bad.
In that moment, she felt incredibly stupid, and absolutely horrified.
The man wasNOTinto her. Elizabeth had been wrong, and Rayna had just made a fool of herself. What she wanted to do was sink into the ground and disappear.
This was mortifying.
Oh, and the silence…it was awkward.
As he stood there, Caspian tried to find the words, but he was struggling. When he got nervous, he couldn’t control his tongue.
Now, it was about making good choices, and using incredibly short sentences.
To Caspian, it was clear that he was taking too long because she spoke before he could even plan out the words in his mind.
Honestly, this caught him off guard.
BIG-TIME.
For Rayna, Caspian’s lack of an answer made her very uncomfortable.
Him too.
What Rayna knew was this was a huge error on her behalf, so she aborted the mission quicker than she normally would.
There was only one way to survive this, and that was to turn tail and run.
