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“I don’t.”
Her eyes dimmed, and the corner of her mouth twitched as if I made her nervous by snapping. Maple was right. Stella did showcase every single emotion across her face.
“What I mean is, I have work to do. I’ll be eating in my office. But you’re free to eat any remaining food.”
“That’s very nice of you, and I’ll take you up on the offer. Thank you, Damian.”
“Yup.”
“If you ever do want to eat a meal together—”
“Not interested, Stella.”
“Okay then. Have a good night.”
I wanted to tell her, “You too,” but I couldn’t bring myself to say it.
12
Stella
Damian was a fantastic cook.After I finished eating, I cleaned up the kitchen and then headed to the living room, where I’d end up spending the remainder of my evening. I was able to pick out the movie I wanted to watch, which ended up being one of my favorite romantic comedies. I was almost certain I’d seen every single romantic comedy ever made, even the ones in different languages with subtitles.
If there was a love story, I was going to be there to watch it—with tears and all. Plus, the cornier, the better.Bring on the cheese, Hollywood.
As I sat in the living room with a blanket wrapped around me, Damian walked through the hallway, holding an emptied glass in his hand. His eyes fell on me and then onto the television. He huffed and went to continue his way.
“Don’t do that!” I remarked.
“Do what?”
“Huff at my movie choices.”
“I didn’t huff.”
“Yes, you did. You always huff.”
“If I always huff, how do you know it was at your movie?”
“I, well, I don’t, but it was because of my movie. You did that grumpy frown of yours when you looked at the screen. Don’t deny it.”
“I won’t. I don’t like romantic comedies. They make unrealistic standards for relationships.”
“Uh, news flash, that’s kind of the point. Reality is already bland enough. The movies deserve to be over the top and cheesy.”
“Why would you want to watch something unrealistic?”
“Because I’m manifesting the unrealistic for my reality.”
“Oh. You’re one of them.”
“One of what?”
“Those people who think they can manifest certain things into their lives with their thoughts alone.”
“I do think that your thoughts are a powerful tool, yes. Mock me all you want, but I’ve manifested many things in my life, and it works better when I focus my thoughts.”
“Did you manifest me, Cinderstella?”
