Hailey's POV

"Uhm..." Levi hesitates. "How do I say this?" He exhales. "I want both of us to go out for dinner," he pauses, then his gaze sweeps over me. "Together."

I sit up so fast that I nearly choke on my water, coughing violently. "What?!"

Why the fuck would he startle me like that? I expected a heads-up or something.

He'd come back from his outing a few minutes ago, while I lay on the couch, scrolling through my phone. Then he said he had something to tell me, but I wasn't expecting... this!

Levi scratches the back of his neck. "I want us to go out for dinner."...