sed in the hotel's dress code for waitresses – a black LBD with the establishment's name engraved in thick gold thread on the left side of her
voice again with a sliver of impatien
at the woman wa
ntle shake meant to snap him out o
their order for the past ten minutes. He cleared his slightly dried throat, directing his gaze to the leather-bound booklet containing the restaurant's menu. "I'll hav
ith a side of salad tossed with lemon dre
and asked politely, "Would you pref
smiling a little. "I'd l
woman's retreating figure; his gaze was still on her even as Genevieve cleared her th
force he doubled over with a muted groan and a lowly uttered expletive. He raise
sweetly. "You seemed to have been gone a
istered to his shin had faded to a dull, indistinct throb. "You can hardly
her eyes narrowed at the insult, along with jealousy and ir
brushed his lips, "For one thing, she's not a child in a woman'
h he received with mild amusement. "She won't bat an eyelash your direction, Mart
ought you'd be difficult to go out with. You know, after all that chasing and tiresome wooi
s hardened to glaciers of ice as she s
nk y
fed in d
have foolishly most of the time. He wasn't going to chase after her, if that was what she was thinking. The sound of the food cart
p, curiosity avid on her face a
ped it with ease. "She left." He replied simp
asking?" she inquired, plat
to take her untimely leave." He watched her closely, "I
he muttered under her breath, shaking her head slowly. "Wha
me instead? I'd rather prefer yo
unately, sir, I prefer to have my food properly cooked before eating it. This doesn't qualify as cooked in any way. It's practically coated wit
ss which lasted for a ful
n what she said. "Then if you will excuse me, sir.
s, partially engulfing it in a firm yet
rules for the staff to fraternize intimately with the customers, sir. Pardon me, but you'll have to eat that uncooked meat a
emplative pause and after a while, a brief