"So…" Grace started with a smirk on her face as soon as we reached the car.
"So…?" I asked, narrowing my eyes as I knew exactly what she wanted to say.
"So, Liam remembers your favorite cake huh."
"Uh, Grace please."
"What?"
"I know you did this deliberately. You convinced me to come with you and I got to know that Liam is coming too. Do you think I am dumb?" I asked her with a frown.
"I didn't invite Liam but Aiden did. He wanted his best friend to come with him and so did I wanted my best friend to come with me. That's it." Grace said with an innocent face but mischievousness was clear in her eyes.
"Yeah, okay. But I don't believe you." I said while sitting in the car as I heard her laugh.
***
"Ava" I turned to see Ian calling my name while I was climbing the stairs to my room.
"Hey," I said
"Hey, I was thinking if we could talk or do something. Like when you left Italy, we don't get to say goodbye and now we don't even get to say hellos."
"Yeah, well hello Ian. Nice to meet you after so long." I said raising my hand for a handshake with a smile.
"Hello, Ava, nice to meet you too." He said copying my actions as we both laughed slightly.
"So, can we go for a coffee?" he asked and I looked at him with wide eyes. Was he asking me on a date or something?
"Ian, are you …" I started with the cut me off saying,
"Oh no, I am not asking you on a date. Well, I would love to go on a date with you but not now. I just want to spend some time with you." He said with a small smile.
"Okay, then I will meet you at 5 pm."
"Cool," he said as his smile widened. Turning around I started walking toward my room but stopped in my tracks as soon as I saw Liam leaning to the wall. And by his expressions, I guess he heard me and Ian talking.
He didn't say anything, just kept looking at me like he was searching for something on my face. His gaze was so strong that I was unable to break our eye contact. Gathering some courage, I broke eye contact and walked away from him to my room.
Why didn't he say anything? I know it was wrong to think that way but somewhere I wanted him to say something to me.
Does that mean he doesn't care who I spent my time with? Does that mean he is here only for the wedding? Does that mean he won't get affected by anything I do? Does that mean he has moved on in his life?
So many questions and thoughts started processing in my mind. Most importantly, why am I thinking that way? Why do I want him to get affected by what I do? Why haven't I moved on yet?
'Because you can't move on, because you love him so much that it's hard to not even think of him even for a second.' My mind said. Swiping all the thoughts of my mind I decided to focus on the not-a-date date with Ian.
God! What is wrong with me?!