FORTY-FIVE
Phuong toyed with her food, hoping Jay didn't notice how little she'd eaten. If they'd had the lobster she'd originally ordered, maybe she'd have eaten more, but they were all out of lobster, crabs and anything that wasn't prawns, so an unappetising shrimp salad had arrived instead. She'd managed to choke down a few bites before she'd remembered what would follow dinner. That almost made her bring it all back up again. Better not to eat anything else than to embarrass herself in front of Jason on their first night together. She'd soon be embarrassed enough without throwing nausea into the mix.
Jason didn't seem to be nervous at all. He wolfed down his steak and all that went with it, but he managed to do it without dribbling food down his front, like Norman might have. He did
