"What on earth are you doing?" Justin hissed once Emily left for the bathroom.
Alexa hadn't been acting like herself since they entered the restaurant. She had been polite enough but was definitely putting on some sort of show. This must be part of the plan she mentioned before but she refused to tell him what all it entailed, saying that if he knew his reactions wouldn't be right.
"Being brilliant," she replied. "Didn't you see your little girlfriend? She left because she was about to start steaming from the ears!"
Justin was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
Alexa sighed and shook her head at him. "You really are hopeless. Justin, I'm pretending to be a brat to gauge her feelings for you. She wouldn't be so mad right now if she didn't care about you at least a little."
"You ordered all that food just to piss her off?!"
