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Sebastian drove me to a nearby restaurant and we sat in awkward silence. I caught him looking at me several times but I didn't vocalize it. I didn't want to get into a conversation and have it somehow shift to what happened in the dining room. I didn't know what happened was a secret to my mother, but I tried my best to push it far back into my mind.
Sebastian looked at me and gave me a warm smile. "I've really missed you, Queen."
I found myself smiling back at him and nervously twiddling my thumbs. "I've missed you too. Even though it's been less than a month.
He laughed, leaning his elbows onto the table and moving his blonde wavy hair out of his face. "You look even more beautiful than I remember."
"You're so dramatic." I laughed softly. He tilted his head in my direction, his eyes speaking the thousands of questions he didn't say out loud and I sighed. "I'm okay."
"No you're not," he whispered, taking my hand into his. "But you will be as soon as we get you out of that palace. I can't help but think that you don't need to be so close to this story. Syn only knew about that man because of his connection to you."
"C-connection?" I stuttered. "What do you mean connection?"
"You and Justin's connection," he clarified. "Syn only knew about him because of you. And I'm not blaming you for anything, but I'm worried about you."
"Sebastian, I'm fine," I assured him. It was far from the truth, but I didn't need him all in my business. "I'm safe, and you can't interrupt my workflow. Vullons forbade it."
He sighed, shaking his head. "That better be one hell of an expose, Queen."
"It will be," I muttered, picking at the edge of the magazine. Liar. I had no idea what I was going to write on Syn. The more I talked to him, the more I forgot about work, therefore digging me deeper and deeper into my predicament. I liked him a lot.
My thoughts drifted to him, and I cursed myself for it. It felt almost wrong to think about him while I was here with Sebastian. Almost sinful...my thoughts were completely Synful. I smiled to myself as I realized what I had just done. His name was going to be the butt of many jokes that ran through my mind now.
Sebastian's phone began ringing and he took his hand from mine and reached for it. A look of confusion flashed across his face as he read the contact, but he plastered a smile on his face and looked up at me. "I'll be just a moment. I need to take this call," he said as he stood up. "Order the pasta for me if they come to take orders."
"Okay." I nodded. I looked back at the menu and tried to choose something, anything, but I was completely indecisive. My wandering mind thought back to the events in the dining room and I thought about the way Syn noticed me when everyone else was consumed in the chaos. He sent me away with a man that I was sure he didn't like from the way he shot daggers at him in the room because he somehow could tell that I wasn't feeling good. I knew it didn't feel the best for him to do that, but the fact that he did it...it was making me feel things.
