Chapter 148. The Bane of Great Power

"But do you know your commlink had been blinking for a while now?"

Bassena almost cursed out loud. "I know," he said with a subdued frustration. It had been blinking and vibrating since Zein threw the paper cup into the trash bin.

"So why do you ignore it?" the guide raised his brow, glancing at the device in Bassena's wrist.

Smiling his way to ignore the rising fury, Bassena leaned his upper body to block the guide's gaze to his commlink. "Because I don't want this nice little date to be ruined," he said in the calmest tone he could muster, emphasizing the word 'date' for a bit. 

It hadn't even been fifteen minutes since he dragged Zein to this quiet little corner, and already something was trying to obstruct him. Again. Was the universe truly hating the notion of giving him a little chance on wooing his crush?