Betrayal of Love

Plot

Alexandria “Lexie” Chambers has met the man of her dreams in Markus Woods.  But is Markus all he seems or is he hiding a deep dark secret?  When a guy Lexie has never met claims they had a one-night stand, Markus feels betrayed despite Lexie’s claims she never knew him.  Who is the one being betrayed:  Lexie or Markus?

Chapter 1

Lexie Chambers never had time for dating while studying at her culinary college in her hometown so she could open her own restaurant.  She even worked at the local café, Selma’s Diner, learning from the town’s beloved owner, Selma Watkins.  Lexie looked up to Selma as a grandmother while Selma agreed to show Lexie the ropes in the culinary world.

While Lexie was busy working at the café one night, a sharp, dressed gentleman in his 20’s, walked in for a bite to eat.  As Lexie took the gentleman’s order, he was instantly smitten with Lexie.

When Lexie brought the gentleman his order:  a BLT with fries and a soda, he asked her to sit for a few minutes, to get to know her.  Lexie turned the gentleman down, partly because she thought it was weird to become acquainted with the help, but mostly because the café was swamped with customers waiting for their orders as well.

“I’m sorry, sir, but I’m swamped with orders.” Lexie politely declined the gentleman’s request.

“Ok.  Can I meet you after you get off work?” the gentleman said, not wanting to give up on getting acquainted with his server.

“Ok,” Lexie told the gentleman, despite being overwhelmed, but not wanting to be rude, “I close the café at 9 p.m.”

“I’ll see you then.” The gentleman told Lexie as he gulped the last of his soda down, left the money as payment and a very generous tip, and walked out of the café with a smile on his face.

Despite the weirdness of the conversation she just had with the gentleman, Lexie shrugged it off as some guy who wanted to get to know her.

And it had been a while since Lexie had a real date.

Chapter 2

Lexie met the gentleman she had a conversation at the restaurant where she worked while going to culinary school so she open her own restaurant.  It didn’t even occur to her that she had never gotten the gentleman’s name until now, despite how good looking he was—a preppy-type dressed in three-piece suit.  Was he a businessman?  Well, there was time to find all that out when she met him at the coffee shop he had told her to go to after she got off work.

When Lexie arrived, the gentleman was already sitting in a booth waiting for her to show up.  When Lexie arrived at the gentleman’s booth, the gentleman stood up and help Lexie into the seat across from him.

“Hmmmmmm…chivalrous and polite?” Lexie thought to herself.

“By the way, my name is Markus Woods—with a ‘K’.” the gentleman introduced himself first thing when he sat back down.

“Nice to meet you, Markus!” Lexie greeted him.  “My name is Alexandra Chambers.  But you can call me ‘Lexie.’”

“Well, what a very pretty name for such a pretty lady.” Markus complimented her.  “But Lexie doesn’t suit you.  May I call you ‘Alexa’?”

“Alexa, yes, that’s okay.” Lexie said as she flashed back to when her dear old grandmother called her that.  After her grandmother passed, she hadn’t gone by that nickname since. 

“What would you like to order?” Markus asked her.

“Just a mocha.” Lexie told him.

“One mocha coming up.” Markus said as he walked up to the counter to order Lexie a mocha.

It was only a few minutes and Markus was back with the mocha.  They enjoyed nice chat as they got to know each other.  Lexie told Markus of her ambitions to open her own restaurant when she completed culinary school.  And Markus said he would be more than happy to help her with that as he was a businessman with financial training and education.

The date went so well, Lexie agreed to another one, but she was so busy the next week with work and a midterm for class, she sadly told Markus that she didn’t know when she could meet.  Markus told Lexie to just let him know when she was available again and they would make another date.

Lexie couldn’t wait until they could meet again.  Markus seemed like a decent gentleman.