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We were immediately given some sort of house bubbly water to sip on while we waited. It tasted like lime and a little bit likerocks. I smacked my lips together and debated whether I should share my opinion or let Gabriel decide for himself.
He took a sip.
He flinched.
Our eyes met. I didn’t have to say, because he already knew it tasted like rocks.
I grinned at him. “I’m going to take a pee—I’m going to use the restroom. Be right back.”
I could feel his gaze on me as I walked away. My breath felt heavy in my chest. I belonged here. I belonged anywhere I wanted to be, because I was a confident person who deserved to try nice new things and hang out with a gorgeous billionaire who was entirely out of my league. Every affirmation in my head played in Morgan’s voice, except the out of my league bit. That was definitely my voice.
I found the bathroom, laid a bunch of toilet paper over the seat, and locked the stall behind me.
I took my seat and a breath.
Sitting on the toilet with my underwear down my calves, I caught movement through the crack in the door.
It was an eyeball.
And it blinked.
I screamed.
“Shh. Don’t scream. It’s just me, Dani.”
How had she even gotten into a place like this? It was supposed to be impossible for even the most connected of uber-connected socialites to get a reservation. Plus, even though I knew people could be more than one thing, I couldn’t picture Dani as anything but a hoodie-in-a-coffee-shop type. She couldn’t be crushing it in the social department if I, a stranger, was her go-to for writing feedback. The restaurant must not have been nearly as exclusive as I’d heard. It didn’t matter.
I pulled my pants and underwear up in one go.
I snapped the lock open and shoved the door.
It hit Dani in the face. She stumbled back. “Ow. I said it was just me. Didn’t you hear me?”
Oh, I’d heard her all right.
“If you happen across someone you know in a public restroom, the polite thing to do is give them a friendly smile in the mirror once you’ve both done your business, maybe a hello, too,” I said. “You don’t watch them pee.”
“I wasn’t watching. I was just peeking to see if it was you.”
A middle-aged lady in a fancy dress ran out of the bathroom as fast as she could to get away from us. I couldn’t blame her. I’d have done the same.
“I haven’t seen you at Eterni-Tea in a while,” Dani said.
“And you’ll never see me there again. I quit.”
She squeezed the strings on her hoodie, covering half her face. “Oh.”
“Great, right?”
“I liked our little rapport. It makes me sad that you’re not going to be there for our hangouts.”
Hangouts? We clearly had entirely different perceptions of our previous encounters.
I shrugged. “Them’s the breaks.”
I pushed past her to the sink and washed my hands.
“Since we haven’t seen each other, we haven’t been able to update each other on our progress,” she said. “I can see you’re doing well, making enviable headway.”
