“Let’s split it,” he repeated calmly. “I think that’s fair.”
She stared at him, trying to understand what was happening. He’d planned this entire lavish evening. He’d chosen this expensive restaurant. He’d insisted on choosing expensive wines.
He was the one who kept saying, “Tonight will be special.”
An evening that seemed perfect.
The dinner was extravagant in every way—a delicious steak, beautifully cooked lobster, special sides, exquisite desserts that couldn’t even be finished.
They talked and laughed together, reminiscing about their first small apartment, the road trip where their car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and the pet they kept saying they’d adopt “someday, soon.”
She really thought this was finally the moment she’d been waiting for.
When the bill arrived at their table, she didn’t even look at it. She was too focused on calming her breathing and her racing heart.
He picked up the bill and looked at it.
Then he placed it squarely between them on the table.
“Total three hundred and eighty dollars,” he said nonchalantly, as if discussing the weather. “Let’s split it evenly.”
She blinked, sure she’d misunderstood.
“What did you say?”
“Let’s split it,” he repeated calmly. “I think it’s fair.”
She stared at him, trying to understand what was happening. He’d planned this entire lavish evening. He’d chosen this expensive restaurant. He insisted on choosing expensive wines.
He was the one who kept saying, “Tonight is going to be special.”
An evening that seemed perfect.
Dinner was extravagant in every way—a delicious steak, beautifully cooked lobster, special sides, exquisite desserts that were too much to even finish.
They talked and laughed together, reminiscing about their first small apartment, the road trip where they broke down in the middle of nowhere, and the pet they kept saying they’d adopt “someday, soon.”
She truly thought this was finally the moment she’d been waiting for.
