“You look beautiful.”
Lexi whirled, her hands lifting in a defensive stance. Not an excellent beginning.
“What are you doing here? Eli said you bailed.”
“I didn’t, but I didn’t think you’d come if I asked you, and I thought you might if he did.”
After a beat of hesitation, she started dismantling the camera she’d pulled out.
Panic shot through him. “Lexi, wait. Don’t leave. Please. I brought you this.” He thrust out the plastic box with the corsage he’d bought her, wondering if she could see it shaking.
Her gaze moved from it to him and back to it. “What is this, Zach?”
“An apology. An olive branch.” A poor one judging by how her lips compressed into a thin line. s**t, he’d thought it was sweet.
She was shutting down, closing off. With a shake of her head, she turned back to her ba
