Gio
I had closed the restaurant, and the moment she realised that I had done that, she paused.
“Gio, you didn’t have to go to so much trouble.”
I smiled at her indulgently. She still didn’t get it. Pulling out a chair for her in a secluded corner, I waited until she was seated before speaking. “Of course, I did. Only the best for you.” Sliding into my seat, I tried to smile at her and relieve some of the tension between us. “And it was easy. Anything is easy when you have the money.”
She reached for the menu and started scanning it. Her eyes grew wider and wider by the second. “I wouldn’t know because I don’t have any money. And," finally she looked at me, “we can’t eat here, Gio, it’s too expensive.”
“One yes we can, one, I am paying, and two, put the menu down. I have already ordere
