He kept his eyes on the road and I did the same. Ever since I have learnt about the missing file, I had been feeling a rush of adrenaline running through my veins. The lights passing as we moved were helping me soothe the feeling. Rain droplets pouring down the window. - Thanks. And sorry. For all this… – I said. – I don't know how I could have missed it. – I muttered in awe for those words were intended for my very own consideration. Liam's eyes were still stuck on the road ahead of us as we slowed down, waiting for the next car to take a left turn at the cross road. - Not a problem. We are on it. - He said with no hint of a smile whatsoever. I nodded and smiled as shyly as I could. To myself. Five minutes later we were driving through my neighborhood’s main street, and I could see Café Orly’s awning and its charming french windows in the distance. A couple of turns later we were parking at an empty spot in front of my building, right across the street. We both hopped off of the ca

It was 7:50 in the morning. I had arrived earlier than Susie had explicitly decreed. Maybe to buy some time and order a coffee to prepare myself for a certain inquisitive interrogation. Maybe because I hadn't been able to close an eye ever since I laid down last night. Maybe both. Because having dinner with Liam, the mere act by itself, had been something totally unexpected. Too much to take in, to say the least. I closed my eyes while the aroma of freshly ground coffee traveled, against all proven laws of physics, at something fairly close to the speed of light, making its way through my nostrils like a true elixir of the gods. And I couldn't help but revive the previous night. The chill that ran through my skin when I saw Liam get out of his car and fix his eyes on me for what I felt was an eternity. A pleasant eternity, by the way. The closeness at my apartment, the tingle I could not ignore when he looked down at the hem of my dress, and how I wished for the bit of a second that h