Page 74 of The Switch: A Friends To Lovers Romance

“Yeah.” Luke rubbed the back of his neck. “Is that weird?”

“No. Not at all.” She licked her lips and played with the hem of her T-shirt. “Actually… I might like you too.”

Luke bobbed his head.

Ashanti dug her fingers into the cot.

The silence between them was overtaken by the sound of patients, nurses and doctors scurrying in the background.

Luke finally cleared his throat and stood. “I’ll go find a doctor. Maybe you can go home now.”

“Yeah.”

He walked off and Ashanti watched him leave with a slightly stunned expression.

What just happened?

She pressed a palm to her chest and felt her racing pulse. Did she dream it or did Luke actually admit to liking her, albeit with the most awkward pause after.

Before she could soak in the moment, Luke returned with the doctor in tow. He asked her a few questions before allowing her to leave.

Luke followed silently as she trotted to the administration office to pay for her care and then headed outside to her car.

She turned to him without looking him straight in the eyes. “I should go home so you can head back to the café if you need to.”

“I’ll follow you to make sure you get in safely.”

Ashanti ducked her head. “You don’t have to do that.”

“I’ll always do that.”

She looked up at him. He watched her back, a serious look on his face.

Okay… this was not what she’d imagined a relationship with Luke would be—stiff, normal, slightly awkward.

Ashanti slipped into the car and started the ignition. She drove carefully out of the lot and made her way home. Luke was close on her tail. He even helped her out of her car and walked her to her door.

Which would have been romantic if anyone else had done it. But it was Luke. He was always patient and tender with her.

Am I overthinking things?

Ashanti wanted to freak out over their burgeoning relationship, but the moment she set her head on her pillow, she conked out and immediately fell asleep.

Chapter Twenty-One

“How’d it go?” Weng asked the moment Luke stepped into the café. A mischievous grin spread on his face. “What did Michelle say?”

“It went fine. And what Michelle said is none of your business.” Luke ousted Weng from his seat behind the counter.

His cousin skittered to his feet, his eyes still beaming with mischief. “Come on, Luke. The least you can do is drop a hint. Did she forgive you? Take you back? What did you say?”

“I just…” Luke set his hand on the counter, still shocked by the words he’d blurted to Ashanti in the hospital. “I told her I liked her.”

Weng nudged him in the side with his elbow. “Nice. And what did she say?”

“The same thing.”

“Congratulations, man. When are you going to tell your parents and Yeye?”

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