Alyssa POV
I glanced at Xavier uncertainly, taking in the hardness of his jaw, the glint in his eyes, and his narrowed eyes as we drove, feeling butterflies in my stomach. His gaze remained on the road, his hand casually on the steering wheel as he moved carefully in the traffic, a fierce look that belied the easygoing date we were meant to be having. The silence was unbearable and quite frankly infuriating. Would it kill him to make some sort of small talk? I knew nothing about the bowling alley we were going to, having not heard of the place 'Throw Em Down', but suspected that it was not the average bowling alley that I was accustomed to. As I'd tried to look it up on my phone, Xavier had mentioned you wouldn't find it on Google or maps anywhere, further compounding my suspicions.
"Ar
