Chapter 16

Lydia

I stood up only to feel the grip of two hands on my shoulder,

"Are you okay?"

What the hell was he doing here?

"Get me a napkin," he instructed the dumb founded waiter.

"What- what are you doing here?" I asked Cornelius the moment he started dabbing the white napkin on my blouse and skirt.

"I had a meeting here, babe. What are you doing here? And how could this happen? How incompetent are these people really?"

Tell me about it.

It all felt like a dream more of a little nightmare. My ex telling me he still loved me and my...I didn't even know what to call him...showing up at the exact place I was and in time to save me from the utter embarrassment of getting humiliated by being drenched in red wine.

Robert, who had also stood up after the waiter tripped on our table, tightened the button on his suit and scoffed.

"I believe we haven't been properly introduced. I'm Robert, we met the other day and you must be?"

He extended a hand to Connor to