Chapter 212 Embarrassed

• He stood outside the lingerie store for half the morning and still couldn’t bring himself to go in. No way. He was mortified. He’d rather die than do something like this. In his head, he cursed Jolene Pennkowski over and over.
• Ben Walton went from peeking at the doorway to pacing circles along the storefront. He had no idea how many laps he’d made. In the end, two mall security guards stopped him. With them came a female sales associate from inside the lingerie shop.
• “That’s him. He’s been staring at our entrance, and now he keeps circling our store. The whole morning. Shifty eyes. I think he’s either a thief or a perv.” The sales associate pointed at Ben and spoke to the two guards.