Eternal Flame (Eternal Flame #1)

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you’re not letting me in.”
    “What do I need to let you in for? You won a contest to my birthday party and to spend one afternoon with me. That doesn’t get you the right or the invitation to dig into my personal life or monopolize all of my time.”
    “I’m not trying to dig into your personal life; I’m trying to get to know you,” Kristen emphatically pointed out. “That’s usually what happens when strangers agree to spend time together.”
    “Well, I’m not interesting in sharing details of my personal life with you.”
    Kristen reared back and rolled her neck at him. She didn’t want to get ghetto on him but he was making it very difficult. “But it’s okay for you to ask me questions about my life?”
    “I was trying to diffuse an uncomfortable situation. Make light-hearted conversation.”
    “Well, what the hell do you think I’m doing?”
    “This isn’t normal for me.”
    “You think it’s normal for me?  And I’m not trying to monopolize your time; I’m trying to take advantage of an opportunity that was given to me, one that you agreed to when you signed off to participate in this contest.”
    “I’m starting to hate I did.”
    Kristen’s heart stormed in her chest. Her hurt brown eyes scanned his. “That makes two of us.”
    He either didn’t hear her or he didn’t care enough to respond; he just turned away from the table and looked out the window, drumming his fingers loudly on the laminated surface. “Fuck,” he sighed again. “Where are they with that damn food?”
    Again, as if on cue, the waitress appeared with their food and hurried away again, bumping into a table and two chairs as she glanced back at Roman with wide eyes. Kristen briefly wondered if the waitress would have the same response if she knew how much of an asshole he was. She was thankful the waitress came along when she did because things between them were getting really ugly, and she didn’t like it. She hoped sharing a meal together would calm them down and get them back to a place of human decency.
    Roman immediately dug into his hamburger, chewing loudly and humming to himself as he continued to look out the window. Normally Kristen would think his humming was as melodic and heavenly as his singing voice but this evening it sounded like the Devil humming the Freddy Krueger chorus.
    She tried to concentrate on her salad but it tasted like rubber to her. She was having a hard time swallowing and it seemed to keep getting stuck in her throat. She tried sipping her tea but it wasn’t helping. She just wanted to leave. At this point, she didn’t give a fuck anymore. She just wanted to get the hell away from his rude ass. This was crazy. They didn’t even know each-other; weren’t even a couple and they had spent a good deal of their time together in tense silence or arguing. This shit was crazy-ridiculous.
    “Am I taking you back to the family house or the hotel?” he asked, still looking out the window.
    Kristen paused for a few minutes, not wanting to talk to him again right away. She moved her salad around with her fork. “Back to my hotel is fine,” she choked out. “I have to get dressed for the party.”
    Roman rolled his eyes skyward and snorted. “Oh yeah. That.”
    Kristen sighed in aggravation and pointed her eyes at him. “Why don’t you tell them to cancel it if you’re not in the mood for one?”
    Roman got quiet for a minute, chewing softly. He reached for his glass and took a long sip of the wine he’d ordered. His face took on a softness she hadn’t seen all evening. It made her want to reach out and touch him. How the hell did he manage to have her emotions all over the place like that?
    “Because it means too much to them,” he quietly said.
    Kristen eyed him for a moment, taking note of the genuine emotion in his eyes. “Oh.”
    “This birthday is very significant for them.”
    “Why?”
    Roman’s eyes stared aimlessly out the window. He was quiet for several minutes.

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