Meeting My Scheming Ex-boyfriend on a Blind Date

on the blind date that I found o

stun

he saw my face, not only did he show no sign o

t that he seemed to regard e

the distance between the table and the door and wonde

ick getaway in one go, considering

eyelids, casually looking me up and down with a disdainfu

g as ever, never botherin

tared silently at the empty cup in front of me. I was so

known it would turn out like this

kept nagging in my ear every day

ty-fifth birthday, my mom went a bit extreme. There was no way I could resis

abbed a knife from the kitchen and held it against h

her that she was holdi

itting posture a little bit, as if he was ob

fic was so bad on the way here this morning that I almo

date at eight o'clock in the mo

Well, that figured. He h

d. How could I dare

picked up the bottle of Jack Daniel's and filled my

e was insinuating s

iving him any face at all. "I've got things to do, so I'm leavin

lked towards the door. But suddenly, my wrist was grasped ti

e humiliation in my heart with great effort, and said

rn my eyes away. He was undeniably good-looking. Especially his eyes, which a

He didn't love me at all; i

ally charming as it flickered, yet his tone was so mean. "Nothing really. I'm just curious about wher

sharp-tong

ross the face. I was so furious

t slap. Afterward, my palm was sti

es stared at me gloomily, with a look

"Ava, what the fuck do

t all. I wanted to live, and I

I took off like a shot a

nce of the subway station. With a sigh, I

urge to kill me by now

foot that was about to step into the

ow, my mom would sure

t my blind date was the perfect package of being tall, wealthy, and handso

did have all th

that chance

gh

d at my stomach. I frowned an

ach was playi

ays fail me at the w

ont of me. There was some medicine in the palm, and a

I knew it was Robert's

adn't had breakfast, so she asked me to

stuffed the medicine into it. Impatiently, he said

e, not wanting to pay

as being petty; I

. There wasn't a mirror around here, but if h

want to d

" He handed me the opened bottle of water with a