He tilted his head, amused. “Perhaps. But isn’t this the place for too much?”
“You don’t talk like a man from this century,” she said.
“I’m not sure I belong to any century.” He shrugged and gave her a dimpled smile.
Mia studied him.
He was all charm and poise, but something flickered behind those blue eyes.
Hunger? Tiredness?
He stepped closer. Not too close. Just enough to make her heartbeat pick up.
“You felt it too, didn’t you? When our eyes met during the parade?” His eyes sparkled.
And yet Mia hesitated because she was unsure of her feelings. “I’m not sure what I felt.”
He smiled softly. “Good. The best things begin in mystery.”
And just like that, he walked away, leaving her staring after him.
I feel like I’ve just met Prince Charming. Sir Cedric is everything I’ve dreamed of.
He hadn’t asked her name, but he had flirted with her.
Though she knew his name, she knew nothing else about him. But she wanted to.
She stared at the fountain and waited for Lilly to return from the food venders.
Soon Lilly came walking down the path, carrying a paper bowl with food in it.
“What did you end up getting?” Mia asked.
“Fish and chips,” Lilly said. “The vender is getting rid of his fish tonight.”
“Why?” Mia asked.
“He cooked too much, and it won’t keep for tomorrow, so he sold it half price.”
“Oh good,” Mia said. “Is the food expensive?”
“Some seems so,” Lilly said. “But a giant turkey leg, who sells those? Can’t price that.”
“True,” Mia said. “I’ve never seen them anywhere else to compare.”
“The meat pies looked good, and I almost got one, but then I heard the fish sale.”
“Is the fish any good?” Mia asked.
“It is,” Lilly held her bowl out. “Want some?”
“I’ll try a bit of each.” Mia pulled off a piece of fish and popped it in her mouth.
Lilly munched on a fried wedge of potato, after dipping it in ketchup.
“The fish is good,” Mia said.
Lilly held out her bowl to offer more, and Mia tried a potato wedge without ketchup next.
