Hmm, maybe you should add him to your contacts while you’reat it. You tap a few buttons, smiling down at the screen as his next message comes through.
That’s better. You tap another button and add the picture he sent you. All set!
Hot Book Boyfriend:Whatever you do, don’t tell him your name
You blink down at the screen, shaking your head.
You:He *already* knows my name
Hot Book Boyfriend:Not THAT name. Your true name.
You raise your eyebrows at the screen.
Yourwhat?
But before you can tell Mysterious Hot Book Guy that you don’t have one of those, Alexander—or whatever his name really is—clears his throat.
“Is there something the matter, Miss Wintergreen?”
“Huh?” You ask, tucking your phone in your purse with a fake smile. “No, no, everything is fine.”
If this guy is really as dangerous as Mysterious Hot Book Guy seems to think, you’d better play it cool.
“It’s just my mom,” you lie, tucking your phone away. “I told her I’d call her later.”
So much for your honest personality. But, hey, a girl’s gotta defend her privacy.
Your date narrows his eyes like he doesn’t believe you.
Are you really that easy to see through? Probably.
This date isn’t really fun anymore. It kinda stopped being fun as soon as you got in his car, and now you’re just waiting for a way out.
You glance at the elevator doors across the restaurant.
Maybe you can come up with an excuse to leave early.
Then again. He hasn’t actually done anything particularly evil yet, and just in case he really is as dangerous as Mr. Mysterious Book Guy thinks, you don’t want to risk pissing him off.
“So, how do you know Corrine?” You ask as your dinner finally arrives.
The service was actually super fast. But everything feels like an eternity with this guy staring you down.
For a moment, his face goes blank.
That’s odd.
Then he catches himself and smiles that greasy smile as he says, “Oh, she’s a friend of a friend.”
Is that a lie?
Why does that feel like a lie?
Good news, though. He can’t be a fae or anything. Probably. Assuming those legends about fae not being able to lie are true.
Wait, did you just seriously consider that this guy could be a fae?
But with the way things are going, anything feels possible.
