Emma didn’t hesitate.
“Can I date Harold?” she asked again. “Do you mind if I do?”
For a second Hannah looked like she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
“Of course! I would be more than happy if you dated him!” Hannah said excitedly.
Hannah looked so excited that she almost seemed afraid to blink, as if the moment might disappear if she did.
Her face lit up with pure delight as she grabbed Emma’s hand with both of hers.
Without waiting another second, she grabbed Emma’s hand.
“Come on,” she said eagerly. “Let’s go. I’ll introduce you to him right now.”
Without waiting for Emma to answer, Hannah pulled her along toward the table where Harold was sitting.
But just as they were approaching—
The woman sitting across from Harold suddenly pushed her chair back loudly and shot to her feet.
Her face was flushed with anger.
“If you didn’t want to date me, all you had to do was not show up to this blind date!” she snapped furiously.
Harold didn’t even move.
The woman glared at him for a second longer before flipping her hair in irritation.
Then she grabbed her purse and stormed out of the restaurant through the opposite door without another word.
Harold remained seated on the couch, completely unfazed.
He leaned back lazily against the seat, one arm stretched along the back of the couch behind him. His leg was crossed over the other as he sat there with a bored, arrogant expression on his face.
He didn’t even bother reacting to the woman’s outburst.
He simply watched her walk out of the restaurant with the same indifferent look.
Just then, Hannah and Emma reached the table.
Harold’s eyes slowly shifted away from the door where the woman had left.
His gaze moved to Hannah first.
Then it moved to the woman standing beside her.
The moment his eyes fell on Emma—
He froze.
His relaxed expression vanished instantly.
A look of shock appeared on his face as their eyes met.
For a second, he looked completely stunned, as if someone had suddenly turned him into stone.
His body didn’t move.
