Wooing The Ex-Wife

Jonathan and Liza had spent the last forty minutes sitting on a chair, Jonathan glanced at Liza as for the fifth time in last twenty minutes she refused to dance with someone. Jonathan was happy that no one else was going to be holding his Liza tonight but he was also worried about her. Liza loved to dance and although she had two left feet, she could waltz like nobody's business. He could see the wall of defense she had built around her and he knew that he was he reason behind that wall. He knew that even when she was talking to him , she had her guard up. It felt as if there was a glass wall between them. It was painful to watch her fake her smiles whenever she was with him, she rarely laughed anymore and even if she did it was merely a remnant of her laugh.

Liza had been enduring Jonathan's burning stare for the last five minutes and she was getting increasingly irritated by every second. Her body acted as if it could feel his eyes on her and goosebumps rose on her flesh. Many people had come to ask her to dance but she had refused everyone of them. It wasn't that she didn't like to dance but that night she wasn't feeling like dancing. It could be due to the fact that a certain someone was sitting beside her. They had barely spoken a few words in last twenty minutes .There had been a time when she could talk to Jonathan for hours. They would talk about anything and everything but that time was long gone and now there was only lingering awkwardness. Fed up of Jonathan's staring Liza turned to Jonathan and raised her eyebrows as if asking him what he was staring at ? To her surprise instead of finding a cocky or even a flustered Jonathan she found him looking at her with a wistful expression. Jonathan shook his head side to side and looked away.

with playful exasperation. Liza had met Steve at few parties after Krista's meeting and he had made a point to ask her to dance in every one of them. "Well, you look so beautiful every time I meet you that I can't resist asking you to dance with me " Steve shot back with a wink and a light smirk. Liza let out soft laugh. She got up from her chair and said "Well, I am sorry but I am not in a mood to

to Steve and said "Sure. Just text me the date and time". Steve looked surprised for a second as if he hadn't expected Liza to say yes to the date. A light blush formed on his cheeks and he grinned . "I really didn't expect you to say yes but now that you have agreed to it I will make it the best date