When Sloan Casey was at her lowest point at 17, she met Alex Abrams. Though sheltered it was almost as if Alex brought her back to life through her struggles. But after falling for Alex, the last thing she expected was for him to ghost her.
But what...
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My stomach churned as he takes a seat beside me. Alex was not even a foot away, mere inches in my presence while I was on a date.
My first date in fact.
This was horrifying, and Brody was clueless. He was a sweet boy who loves the ocean and I'm pretty sure Alex would hunt marine life for sport if he had to.
"Brody this is my best friend A-"
"Alex" he offers his hand as Evander looks at him skeptical, but I know all too well why.
"Alex Abrams, it's very nice to meet you" his head turns to me with a smile "and you are"
"This is Sloan Casey, my cousins hot date" he teases. His eyelids flutter back up to me as he stares at me extending his hand.
"God you are gorgeous Miss Casey"
"It's just Sloan" I add causing him to smile, he looks over to Brody who seems unamused and more annoyed.
"Well we were just about to order" Brody hints hoping they'd take their absence in a few minutes.
"Perfect I'm starved" the air leaves my lungs as Alex speaks, what a devil. I hit his foot under the table and he doesn't flint.
"Oh well-"
"They have great lasagna here cous" Evander points to it on the menu leaving Brody in more impatience. The poor boy has been waiting forever for this moment of this date, but instead it's more of a group hangout.
"What can I get you-" the waitress stares at us.
"Four?" she questions.
"Sorry we added two to the table, we understand if we must leave" Brody says and her eyes drift to Alex.
"No need, hello sir how's your evening"
"Very well Veronica" Alex smiles at her kindly and then turns looking back to Brody.
"I own the place" my jaw drops at his words, this little fucker.
"You what?" Brody questions in shock.
"This restaurant I bought it from the family, they still run it but of course I own it" out of all the joints in town of course, Brody picks this place.
Evander stops for a moment then started to laugh aloud "Okay Bruce Wayne" he mocks.
"I own the place" he says mockingly in a silly voice glaring at him "you ever just try to be normal for once in your life?"
"I think it's rather fun investing in any and everything. Plus my mother adores this restaurant and they were struggling at a point, I could quite let it go. Especially when she visits" his eyes remained on me as he spoke. But Brody wasn't having it.
"Me and Sloan here will have the penne alla vodka, actually could they make that into chicken parmigiana but with vodka sauce instead?" Fuck him, that sounded amazing, he knew those were my favorite dishes.
