Megan POV

Explaining to Sharon why I disappeared from the café and returned ten minutes later, with a strange guy trailing behind me, was difficult. Still, thankfully, she got a phone call from her boyfriend just as I got back to the table, so I was saved from having to answer too many questions.

If only Ben were as easily distracted, my life would be much less complicated.

Since I got home an hour and a half ago, he’s been hovering around me and asking incessant questions. My first-date nerves are already off the charts, and his constant presence worsens it.

I’m applying lipstick in my bathroom when Ben pops...