few minutes earlier, she had been standing outside her house, staring at Lucas as if she suddenl

ross the windows. Streetlights stretched into the distance, illuminating buildings, shops, restaurants and roadside business. Some place

to move freely through the air as the car continued forward. She had forgotten how beautiful th

ther occasionally adjusted something on the dash board. Music played quietly through the car, and he seemed to be enjoying it

ythm with the music. Anne watched him for a moment, she almost smiled. This was very strange, she still wanted t

turned into a brightly lit area. Anne looked around, it was a cozy desert spot with a b

ooked back at him. Lucas parked the car at the parki

ul displays of ice cream immediately caught Anne's attention. Lucas walked toward the counter. Anne stood beside him, s

uld you like?

n she pointed towa

ith a weird smi

or her, he also go

carried the two c

haha?" she said to herself in

ce cream then at him. There was something almost amusing about seeing Lucas Sterling sitting in an ordinary ice c

, the sweetness immediately

like

el even more natural. Just the two of them enjoying their ice cream,

was, she was not complaining thoug

rised her even mor

ts. The first movie was a comedy. Within a minute, Anne was laughing, it was not the polite laugh she sometimes gave during conversations. She was laughing really hard that even Lucas

so started laughing at some scene, it wasn't loud, it was subtle but it was there. Anne couldn't

emotional. By the middle of it, Anne was already trying not to cry. She glanced toward Lucas,

cas noticed, but he didn't tease her, he simply handed her a tissue. She took it "Th

But somehow, the sile

then their next st

s inside, there were racing games, basketball machines, shooting

n eyebrow then she smiled. Suddenly, the

ch one she would

ourse" she said

from there they started to communication relationship, they were chatting, Anne

choose rac

r car and Luc

ely competitive. She leaned forward, gripping the contr

re se

For the next thirty minutes, they moved fro

ed a small victory like she had just won a championship. Lucas

uldn't stop

ecided it was time to leave, neither of the

looking out at the city because she was tired, but it was the kind of tiredness that came from enjoy

n she first got into the car. And s

car stopped ou

toward him.

s no

pping out, she looked back at h

ent, he didn't say anything then

she was about to close

nn

opped.

ifferent in his eyes something she couldn't quite understan

n Sunday if yo

in shock. "Why sir hop

lightly. "I want to

d at him.

he looked at her with a fa

xpected the evening to end with a simple goodnigh

hadn't expected

on Sunday if y

idened. "Then

miled.

everal seconds, s

y watched h

managed to

ed. "Wi

e man who had always seemed determined to keep their relat

ly smiled

es softene

ed toward her house, she couldn'

there watching

had no idea when things between them had

ween Anne and Lucas was