*Lauren*

“Hi. Welcome to Bokkura Kitchen. Table for two?” the kind-eyed woman standing behind the podium asked me.

“Can we have a booth?” Reggie asked, giving the hostess a big smile.

“Sure! Follow me,” the host said and guided us toward a booth in the back of the room.

Once the hostess left, the flickering candlelight painted shadows across Reggie's face as we sat opposite each other in the intimate restaurant. The only thing that helped me to ignore ...