“I’ve been looking for that. I must have misplaced it. Thank you,” he said, grabbing it from my hands.
I was dumbfounded.
He was playing along.
Both girls looked at one another with confused looks.
“We must have misunderstood,” one of the girls said to the other.
“Yeah. Sorry, Tessa.”
I couldn’t take my eyes off Joseph’s. I couldn’t tell what he was thinking but he continued to look at me intently until the girl decided to scurry off to the lunchroom. At that moment, I realized I had been holding my breath this entire time and I finally was able to breathe.
“What were you doing with my lunch box?” He finally asked, raising his brows. “I don’t remember bringing this to school today.”
“I wanted to surprise you with lunch,” I said, keeping my tone low for his ears only. “I’m sorry for
