Chapter 133 SPECIAL - : #2
Shortly after her outburst, Anastasia had been led back into the Café and seated in a less crowded section, where Lloyd quietly sat with her and waited for her to calm down. When it seemed to him like she was getting more clear headed, he fetched her a glass of water, substituting it for her spilled cup of decaf.
“Feeling better?” He asked as he placed the glass on the table, sliding it to her, all the while sliding into the seat across her.
Anastasia caught the water, wrapping her hands around the glass and seeking the usual warmth that her coffee provided. When the glass remained warm, bland, she tore her gaze away fixing it on the side walk where she had been bumped, shoved.
She was sure someone had shoved her. Or perhaps that was just her paranoid mind getting the better of her.
Pulling her gaze away from the side walk, she took one huge gulp of the water, placed the glass down and nodded, giving a belated answer to Lloyd’s question. “Yes, thank you.”
He nodded and chooses to remain silent, giving her a few more minutes to regain herself before anything else.
Anastasia appreciated his silent gesture but found herself looking around, searching the crowd behind for the face that had thrown her into panic mode. She sighed out in relief when she didn’t see anyone matching his description, but her body felt far from relieved.
"Is everything okay?" Lloyd asked, questioning the way she was looking around and sighing out in relief yet still looked tensed. "You look a bit worried."
He watched as her head snapped up, eyes meeting his, and saw the way they widened in alarm, before she schooled her expression and nodded her head, answering him. "I’m fine, nothing to worry about." She took her cup and brought it to her lips, finishing its content in one go.
"Thanks again, for this and saving me back there." She said and stood up. She reached into her purse to pull out some change but Lloyd stopped her.
"Don’t bother." He said. She nodded her head, but struggled to put the change back into her purse with her shaky fingers. Lloyd of course, took notice of this and asked. "Can you manage?"