Chapter 17
Throughout dinner, Jai keeps waiting for the inevitable moment of uncomfortable silence, when one or both of them has nothing else to say and they look at each other with something akin to fear, hoping to kick start a conversation that has dwindled away to nothing. To his surprise, that doesn’t happen. Duane is a delightful dinner companion, quick to laugh at Jai’s stories and snigger at his innuendos. At some point during the main course, Duane’s hand covers Jai’s beside their plates and stays there for the duration of their meal. Their knees touch lightly under the table, and those gray eyes look nowhere else but at Jai for the entire evening.
When the waitress brings their check, Jai’s surprised at how late it’s gotten. He hasn’t looked at his phone once, which says more ab
