Ms. Pain, Christopher only agreed to meet you. He never promised to date you. We’re free to date and love whoever we want in this modem age. You can’t ossibly snatch a man from another woman, right? You can’t force love.”
diagave her a nasty look. “I don’t need a lecture from you. Christopher Grant, you won’t have an easy time in the military after how vom fooled me today!” tter she dropped the waming, she shot up and stormed out
nce she was gone, Rebecca belatedly sensed Christopher’s icy demeanor. She slowly shifted aside, but he did not pull back the arm he draped around her soulders. Instead, he shot ber a suffocating glare.
Rebecca Barton, how dare you?”
se pressed her lips together. “I wanted to help you with the blind date. Did I mess it up?
her memory served her correctly, Christopher enjoyed great authority in the military as a captain.
e pursed his lips and said nothing. He had decided to turn down Lydia today no matter what Since she was Richard’s only daughter, he feared Richard might take out of him in the military
is and Richard’s future meetings were destined to be difficult, regardless of whether or not Rebecca Interfered with the blind date
the did not bother to explain anything to Rebecca.
anding up, he wamed her, “Even if you’ve helped me, I won’t write you a recommendation letter. You’ll cross paths with the Paine family many times in the ture. You’ll have to face the consequences if Lydia finds out you’ve led to her.”
ith that, he left. She humed after him. “Christopher, what can I do to get accepted into the military?
e silently walked out of the cafe. She had no choice but to run after him. Soon, she broke into a small jog because he walked in great strides.
he next second, Rebecca noticed a car window rolling down. Was that Lydia in the car?
becca quickly caught up with Christopher, grabbed his hand, and dragged him into the alley nearby.
the alley, be furiously pushed her back up against the wall. “What exactly are you trying to do?”
ebecca wrapped her am around his neck and drew closer on tiptoe. “That woman is still hanging out in the area. We need to put on an act if you don’t want to get posed!
ristopher saw Lydia’s car approaching from the corner of his eye. She seemed to want to confirm if he and Rebecca were truly dating.
ling his head with a town, he tumed back to Rebecca and was immediately surprised to find his lips brushing against hers
