Abigail's Headless Fantasies

Towards evening, after Aurora had eaten to her satisfaction at the Bistro Xander took her to, she whipped out her phone from her Mulberry small leather satchel as she headed for the car, with Xander walking behind her.

"Who are you texting? You aren't going to wait until you get to the car? You can dash your foot against a stone and stumble," Xander said with concern evident in his tone.

Aurora flipped through her contact list in search of Abigail's details and replied without taking her eyes off her screen, "Then, what are you walking behind me for?"

She expected him to watch her eyes if he was going to walk behind her. It's just like saying, 'Why are you in my life if you won't make yourself useful?'

Xander didn't utter another word after getting the response and reaction he least expected. He simply did himself a favour by matching his steps with hers and taking her bag from her arm so he could hold her left hand.