Chapter 53

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"Are you still in love with Juliet?"

Caught in the silence, we both sat there staring at each other, in his eyes, I could tell that he was struggling with an answer. It became clear to me what the answer was and I wasn't about to force him to say anything.

Slowly I pulled my hand out from under he's and looked away, the nerve I was trying hard to avoid, I had successfully tugged at it. Ashton looked away too, probably feeling guilty for not being able to answer such a simple question but before he could gather his thoughts, there was a knock on the door and in came the waitress, saving us both from ourselves.

Both quiet, we let her take away our wine glasses as she replaces them with new ones and a fresh bottle of red wine. She placed our starters in front of us, bowed and said.

"I'll be back in 10 minutes with your main dish. Please be patient. Thank you." We both nodded at as she walked away.

Not having the courage to co