Chapter 144

Richard sat in his car, windows rolled up, and watched Elena sitting in her chair, waiting for her turn after the current shot. It had been two weeks since he last talked to her about her brother and how he was acting strange. But the truth was, he had been dreaming about her ever since then.

So many times, he had planned to drop by and ask if she would like to have lunch with him, or maybe dinner, or maybe breakfast, or maybe just coffee. But every time he thought of doing so, something held him back. He didn’t want to come off as desperate, even though that’s exactly what he was.

But two weeks had gone by now without a single conversation with her, and that was his limit. Tonight, after she was done with the shoot, he was going to take her for dinner, no matter what.

There was just one little problem…

A knock on the window of his car pulled him out of his thoughts, but he found himself releasing a sigh of relief when the face appeared familiar.

He rolled down the window, and his secr