Forever You by Lynn, Sandi (e novels to read txt) 📕

from the bench and asked me if I wanted a hot dog. I didn’t want a hot dog. What I wanted was to take

her to a nice restaurant for lunch because I had something that I needed to discuss with her.

“No, I don’t want a hot dog. If you’re hungry, then I’ll take you to a proper restaurant for lunch,” I

said.

She laughed as she turned her back to me and started walking away. “Suit yourself, Mr. Black, but

I’m going to get myself a hot dog from the hot dog stand.”

I got up and quickly caught up to her. This girl was stubborn, and I didn’t know how to handle it.

“You don’t listen to anyone, do you?” I asked.

“No, I do what I want,” she smiled.

“I can tell,” I mumbled under my breath.

We approached the hot dog stand, and she asked me again if I was getting one. I guess I was giving

in and eating a hot dog. I frowned as Ellery lightly smiled. I paid for the hot dogs and then took mine

over to a small wooden table and sat down. Ellery stopped at the condiment stand and topped her hot

dog with just about everything there. God, it looked disgusting. She looked happy as she walked over

to the table with a smile on her face, and her ponytail was swinging from side to side.

“That’s gross,” I said as I took a bite of my plain hot dog.

“Gross? No way man, this is heaven,” she said as she took a large bite.

“You do realize how bad that is for you, right?” I asked her.

She put her finger up, “You only live once, so we should make the best of it.” I tried to hold back a

smile, but she was so damn cute when she did that, so I couldn’t help it. She saw me and smiled too.

“Here, take a bite,” she said as she shoved her hot dog in my face.

“No, get that out of my face,” I frowned.

“Not until you take a bite, Connor, then you can judge if it’s gross.”

Ellery kept moving the hot dog closer to my mouth. I rolled my eyes and finally took a bite. She

grabbed her napkin and wiped the corner of my mouth. I put my hand on hers and stared into her eyes.

She smiled and told me that I had a glob of ketchup on me, and she didn’t want it to get on my shirt.

She smiled as I thanked her.

It was a beautiful afternoon, and Central Park was certainly the best place to enjoy it. There was no

place that I wanted to be but here with Ellery. She was a refreshing change of company, and I enjoyed

every moment that I spent with her. I watched her as she took the last bite of her hot dog and gently

wiped her mouth with her napkin. I was beginning to feel nervous about what I wanted to ask her. I

didn’t know how she was going to react, and I was fretting that she’d never want to see me again.

“If you don’t mind, I want to ask you something,” I spoke.

“Go ahead,” she said.

“I gave some thought to our recent outing, and I was wondering if you would be interested in

being…” I stopped because I didn’t know how to put it.

“Being…” she motioned for me to proceed.

I cleared my throat and took in a sharp breath, “Would you be interested in being a companion?”

She narrowed her eyes at me. “What? I don’t get it.”

“Would you be interested in being a person who would accompany me to certain functions, no

strings attached, and I would pay you of course.”

She spit out the water she was drinking. “What? You mean like an escort or call girl?!” she yelled.

“NO, NO! That’s not what I meant, Ellery,” I tried to explain. “I mean like a friend.”

“You mean go out as friends, like me and Peyton?” She asked.

I ran my hand through my hair, and she lightly touched my arm.

“Connor, if you want to be friends, then all you had to do was ask. Actually, I already considered

us friends, and there will be no money involved either,” she smiled at me.

Her words made me happy. Of course she already considered us friends. She’s one of the nicest

girls that I’ve ever met, and I wanted to get to know her better, as friends of course.

“There’s a benefit I need to attend tomorrow night. It’s a charity function, and I need to attend to

represent my company. Would you like to accompany me?”

She lightly bit her lip and sweetly smiled at me. “I would love to go.”

“I’ll pick you up at 6:00 pm sharp,” I smiled back.

As we got up from the table, I heard my phone chime. I pulled it from my pocket, and there was a

text message from Denny.

“Am I to assume that you will not be going to Chicago today?”

“No, I’m not going. I lost track of time, and it’s too late. Call Jerry and tell him I’m sorry, but

something’s come up, and I won’t be flying today,” I messaged back .

We started walking out of Central Park when suddenly, Ellery came to a halt, and I stopped beside

her. Someone had called her name as she looked over to the side to see who it was. I could tell by the

look on her face that she wasn’t happy. The person who called her name was her ex-boyfriend, Kyle.

She introduced us and continually smiled as she talked to him. I was amazed by this woman as she

could even hold a conversation with him after he hurt her so bad.