Chapter 33: You will pay for this
My mind started to race with questions and thoughts as shock flashed past my eyes for a fleeting moment.
James and Natalie? How did they know we were here? It couldn’t just be a coincidence right?
"I’m sorry, Mr and Mrs Wilder, I tried to stop them but they wouldn’t listen," the waitress explained frantically as she tried to catch her breath, her flustered voice jolting me back to the present.
"It’s fine," Xavier quickly said with a small smile. "Thank you, you may leave now," he urged and the lady didn’t waste another second or bothered staying. I watched as she nodded before spinning on her heels and walking away hastily, probably happy to leave anyway.
He turned to look at the couple, his face darkened visibly as his jaws were clenched tightly and his expression remained cold.
"What do you want?" He asked curtly, not bothering to be polite out of courtesy.
James couldn’t help but to laugh, but it wasn’t because anything was funny.
"What do we want?" He repeated with disbelief written all over his face. His intense gaze glanced down to look at the bouquet of flowers sitting on the table among the plates of unfinished food before he looked back up to meet Xavier’s eyes. "A friend of mine saw you. What is my daughter’s boyfriend doing on a date with another woman?!" His voice boomed loudly as anger started to pulse through every single vein inside of his body.
"James, please calm down," Natalie urged in a soft voice as she tugged at her husband’s arm, only for her words to fall on deaf ears. James had always been stubborn, and this time wasn’t an exception. He shook her hand off within the next second.
"Explain yourself!" James demanded in a firm voice as his eyes widened with rage.
There was a brief pause as silence lapsed between the two of them and the air crackled with unspoken tension.