Belinda was taken aback. She looked up and saw Chase grinning across the table.
"So this is what you meant by not coming for nothing?"
Chase called a waiter over and ordered a cup of coffee, and then looked at Belinda with a smile. "What's the matter? So happy to see me that you can't speak?"
Belinda snapped back to reality, put down her phone, and glared at him. "How did you know I was here?"
Chase leaned on his hand and laughed. "Maybe it's what they call a telepathic connection?"
Belinda only grew angrier. "Chase! What the hell are you up to?"
"I'm after you."
Belinda went pale and then blushed. She cleared her throat awkwardly. "Don't joke with me!"
Chase looked at her intently. "I'm not joking. I've been confessing my feelings to you since yesterday. It's you who hasn't been taking me seriously."
Belinda raised her eyebrows. "Seriously? You have the gall to talk about being 'serious' in front of me?"
Chase lowered his long eyelashes and nodded. "I've never been serious before, but you've taught me how to be."
Belinda fell silent.
Even though she wasn't speaking, Chase never felt awkward and gently asked her, "What do you want for lunch? We can eat and then get some takeaway for Ellinor."
Belinda turned her face to look out the window. "I don't recall agreeing to having lunch with you!"
Chase laughed. "Since you're already here, why not consider it a lunch tasting for Ellinor?"
Belinda was speechless.
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