Chapter 253

*DANICA* I sat on the living room watching TV. I love days like this when I lock up the restaurant and give everyone the day off. It's great to simply not do much work for a day. Lucy had gone on a school's trip and she would be returning tomorrow. I stretched my limbs on the couch, feeling so relaxed. A sound came from the door. I looked up to see Lorenzo. "You're home early."I said. "Yeah, em...we didn't have much work at the site today" I nodded and turned away from him to continue my movie. "So Danica, I wanted to, you know, go out to the beach…and take a swim or something…I was wondering if you would like to...if..." "No.” I retorted. He pouted, looking so cute. "You didn't even let me finish. It would be fun. I mean, do you wanna just stay home all day... let's just go out, huh?" I eyed him. True...even if I had been watching a movie all by myself since morning. I felt lonely. I could just have fun at the beach, just fun. "Okay, I'll get my bikini.” He gasped."Bikini?” The way he