Chapter Ten

"Okay. I told you a very harrowing story so you could finally answer my burning question. Why are you so concerned with what l eat?"

The words rolled off my tongue before I could even process why I was asking them, but he already promised that he would tell me the answer if I ate a decent amount tonight, which I most definitely had. I ate all of the starter which was broccoli soup and almost all of the main dish which included lasagna.

I watched attentively as Nicholas's face suddenly morphed into a look of surprise, and then what looked a bit like annoyance.

"I thought you would forget..." he admitted quietly, not even acknowledging the waitress beside him as she dropped our desserts quietly on the table.

"Why would you think that?" I asked incredulously.

"Because..." He trailed off, sighing loudly, as he closed his eyes for a moment before shifting in his chair as if he was uncomfortable. I narrowed my eyes at him before he continued. "I know the way women act around me, Ophelia. Th