Jean’s POV
As we stepped out of the police station, I couldn’t tear my eyes away from Excelle.
What was supposed to be a simple lunch for me to apologize and straighten things out had somehow spiraled into an assault case. Not that I regretted any second of it. That asshole had crossed his boundaries by far, and putting him in his place was only normal. I wasn’t one to throw hands per se, but I guess things happen.
What I did regret from the whole situation was that the chance Excelle gave me to talk to her today was wasted.
I was taken aback when she didn’t overreact to me turning up at her café, and I was even more shocked when she agreed to talk with me over lunch. But now everything was wasted, all because of a man who couldn’t keep it in his pants.
Would she still be willing to l
