Chapter 20

Stopped at a red light, I glanced over to my passenger passed out on side of my car. Miss Danary was completely tuckered out after our date, falling asleep almost instantly the moment I started driving.

She had spent the last couple of hours exploring the bookshelves at the café and telling me all about her favorite books and pointing out the ones she had a home. She was so excited by the collection of rare books and new up-and-coming ones that she barely even sat down to take a single sip of water.

She dragged me from one shelf to another without any resistance. Leaning against me as she reached for certain paperbacks on the higher shelves. Talking to me with barely any stutter.

It was almost as if she had forgotten her fear of being around men.

It was the complete opposite of her usual timid demeanor.

It was like I saw her for the first time, the real Miss Danary beneath all her protective walls.

However, our time was cut short when she realized that it was already 3 PM in the