Book Two Branch Two Hundred and Seventy Four

"What would you have?" Aletta asked flipping through the page. She understood the menu because she had to book in advance what Joshua would eat whenever he visited this place but she had never had a taste of it before so she was confused about what to pick.

"What do you want to have?" Joshua asked back.

"What's good here?"

"Everything, the chef here is excellent"

"Then I would have whatever the waiter recommends" she replied closing the menu and dropping it to the table before taking the cup to her mouth.

"Is something wrong?"

"No, why would you ask that?" Aletta's answer was a strong defence. Nothing was wrong but she was not sure of what she was about to it and if she should be doing it.

She wondered if she was acting on impulse. She wondered what his reaction would be. She wondered if it would make her look and sound desperate. Her mind was running around the whole place but she made up her mind and there was no going back for her.

"Your face looks tense, your grip on that