“Stop,” he said all of a sudden as he reached for my hand.
“Let go…” I said immediately.
I tried to pull my hand away, but he only held on to it tighter than before.
“Hi there, can I have the usual? Oh, make that double the usual…” he called out at a shop.
“Sure thing! You hardly drop by anymore…” a man’s voice replied.
“s**t got busy…sorry…” he called back.
I looked in confusion at the store that we had stopped in front of. Apparently, it was a patisserie with its display window filled with macarons, cakes, tarts, and the like.
“Thanks, bro…” EROS said as he took two bags from the man and paid him.
I watched in confusion at the exchange and wondered to myself what I was still doing here and why EROS was still holding my hand.
“Here. This is for you…” he said calmly.
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