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“So thatsure she understood so they didn’t have to revisit this conversation
“Collin—”
“Nonnegotiable, Rae,” he said, cutting off her protest “Letfor you and make your day special and fun, please I’m not as rich as you are, but a day at the boardith you isn’t going to putsilver toe ring”
She laughed and finally conceded “Okay, fine”
They walked into the shop, and a fewone of her hted over the inexpensive trinket as they continued on their way, strolling in and out of various shops before stopping at Jilly’s Ice Cream Factory, which offeredcones, they shared a funnel cake topped with crushed sweet strawberries, and at the adjoining candy factory, Raevynn went a little wild, grabbing gourmet jelly beans, Swedish Fish, Pixie Stix, and Sour Patch Kids, all childhood favorites
Before they left, the two of theether in front of the Sweet Spot, and with no one around, Raevynn quickly relasses and kissed his cheek as he snapped the photo, her lips curved into a flirty same of air hockey A table was set up in the back of the building, and with Raevynn facing away frouise and prettyso coe, and he especially enjoyed her cute little victory dance when she won
There was so much to see and do, and the afternoon flew by, filled with carefree fun and laughter, re new memories, too When the sun finally went down and dusk settled in, she daringly took off her glasses and hat and stuffed theh she received a few curious stares, no one pointed, approached her, or identified her The fact that her signature long blonde hair was pulled into a braid instead of being worn in soft waves down her back helped keep her identity uous
“This is so liberating,” she said a bit giddily, lacing her fingers through the hand he’d rested across her shoulders to keep her close “We just had dinner in a restaurant and no one noticed me”
He glanced at her shed at how pleased she ith herself “That , where the lighting was much more subdued and the area more private And I made sure you faced away from the other customers”
“Doesn’t s and dip the ers onderful”
“Yeah, you were a bit savage,” he teased, though he’d thoroughly enjoyed watching her decimate her meal
“I was a savage,” she agreed unapologetically, flashing hirin “When I have a meal out in a public place, I usually have to be so careful about what I order and how I eat it I don’t think you understand just hoonderful and relaxing it was not to have to watchphoto ofit online for everyone else in the world to pick apart and critique”
He winced at the unpleasant picture she painted “That’s really happened?”
“Oh,in frustration “If I have a bad day, it’s documented everywhere and speculated upon If I have a piece of salad betweento zoo is too loose, I’ fat or I’nant It’s brutal”
He shook his head in disbelief because it was so foreign to his He couldn’t i her life under a ed and scrutinized