Chapter 49 Getting closer

MCDONALD’S RESTAURANT, PITTSBURGH.

Alexis stood stiff her eyes fluttering at Raphael's words. Her knees shook as she turned to face him. "You what?"

Raphael sniffed rubbing at his forehead, "I have held it in for too long. It's been seven years since I let myself get involved with any lady. The first time I saw you my eyes couldn't stop staring. I knew then that you will be trouble and I tried to avoid it. Then there was the parking in ones lane case, I felt that was good enough reason to not like you. But Cindy made it worse, always bringing up your name and...