A few days after they agreed to lunch, Owen called and asked her if she would be amenable to doing dinner instead. Julianna agreed without thinking about it. Why would she have to think about it? Dinner was much more of a date than lunch. She had really only suggested lunch to test the waters. To see if he would be interested in going out with her at all.
But now, it was dinner. She was buzzing with excitement as she closed the shop. Early on Sundays, which gave her more time to get ready before the agreed upon meeting time. She had straightened her hair the night before. Her charming ringlets were now elegant waves that cascaded enticingly over her face and shoulders. She liked how grown up the style made her look. Not that she wasn't grown up. She was an adult, but her sheltered life sometimes made her feel as if she were still a child.
Which is why she had not told her parents about her date. She'd decided to keep that bit of info to herself, until she knew what was going to come of the date. It was one date. Nothing to write home about. So to speak.
Julianna showered away the day's grime with a invigorating citrus soap. Finally, she was going to see him and not be covered in fertilizer as sweat. She had never been self-conscious about the dirt until he had become a patron, and then she was always mortified to see him. She wondered about what he would wear as she dressed herself. She chose a dark blue wrap dress decorated in multicolored flowers. It had a low neckline and high slit and her mother absolutely would not approve of it. Delicate heeled sandals completed the look, and made her taller, but not by much.
Her phone buzzed as she applied her make-up. A message from Owen, letting her know that he was one his way. A second thread, from her mother. She knew it would be the usual gossip, but what she read caught her off guard.
-Wife finally spotted at new neighbors!
Wife?
Owen's...wife?
She quickly clicked the phone off and put it down. Certainly, if that was true he wouldn't be taking her out right? Julianna was frowning, which made it hard to fix her lipstick. No, no, no, she wasn't going to let her mother's meddling ruin her-
There was a knock on the door.
Julianna quickly finished and fluffed her hair in the mirror, before darting downstairs to answer the door. Pulling it open and seeing Owen standing on the other side, looking like a dream made her momentarily forget about her mother's message.
"Hi," she said back. He looked so good, which he always did, but today was different. Checking him out meant her gaze fell on the bouquet. "Are...those for me?""
But now, it was dinner. She was buzzing with excitement as she closed the shop. Early on Sundays, which gave her more time to get ready before the agreed upon meeting time. She had straightened her hair the night before. Her charming ringlets were now elegant waves that cascaded enticingly over her face and shoulders. She liked how grown up the style made her look. Not that she wasn't grown up. She was an adult, but her sheltered life sometimes made her feel as if she were still a child.
Which is why she had not told her parents about her date. She'd decided to keep that bit of info to herself, until she knew what was going to come of the date. It was one date. Nothing to write home about. So to speak.
Julianna showered away the day's grime with a invigorating citrus soap. Finally, she was going to see him and not be covered in fertilizer as sweat. She had never been self-conscious about the dirt until he had become a patron, and then she was always mortified to see him. She wondered about what he would wear as she dressed herself. She chose a dark blue wrap dress decorated in multicolored flowers. It had a low neckline and high slit and her mother absolutely would not approve of it. Delicate heeled sandals completed the look, and made her taller, but not by much.
Her phone buzzed as she applied her make-up. A message from Owen, letting her know that he was one his way. A second thread, from her mother. She knew it would be the usual gossip, but what she read caught her off guard.
-Wife finally spotted at new neighbors!
Wife?
Owen's...wife?
She quickly clicked the phone off and put it down. Certainly, if that was true he wouldn't be taking her out right? Julianna was frowning, which made it hard to fix her lipstick. No, no, no, she wasn't going to let her mother's meddling ruin her-
There was a knock on the door.
Julianna quickly finished and fluffed her hair in the mirror, before darting downstairs to answer the door. Pulling it open and seeing Owen standing on the other side, looking like a dream made her momentarily forget about her mother's message.
"Hi," she said back. He looked so good, which he always did, but today was different. Checking him out meant her gaze fell on the bouquet. "Are...those for me?""
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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