The Art of Getting Cry (boyxboy)

Chapter 29: Two can play at this game

(Cry POV)

After the exhibit, Leon and I had a complementary gourmet dinner in his hotel. We sat at the VIP table and Esmeralda served us our dishes and a bottle of champagne.

"This is our flame grilled rib-eye steak with red wine sauce reduction, parsnip puree, sautéed mushrooms and a zucchini salad." She described.

"And for the other one, that is veal Milanese, with chimichurri sauce, risotto and a tomato arugula salad. Please enjoy!!"

"Thank you!" Leon and I both said.

My stomach grumbled and I became hungrier than usual. When I sliced a piece of steak and tasted it, I groaned as a response to its explosion of flavor.

"What do you think, angel?"

"It is seared to perfection and I can taste the rub. I can tell they seasoned it aggressively, the red wine sauce and parsnip puree complemented it really well." I said

"Wow, that is really flavorful, isn't it?" Leon said after taking a bite.

"Let's try the veal."

I sliced it and put it in my mouth and suddenly...

Mm!

"The veal chop is delicious, the fat is rendered down. The chimichurri provides a nice acidity. The savory and sweet taste of risotto goes well with it. The tomato arugula salad's tanginess is just right. The vinaigrette is the bomb."

"For someone who's not a food critic, you sure do know how to give constructive criticism to a food." Leon stated.

"Thanks." I chuckled.

We continued digging in before I decided to ask Leon something.

"Leon?"

"Yeah?"

"How did you recreate those paintings?"

"My dad has a poster recreation workshop. Some professional painters send my dad their paintings for him to create poster replicas of the original ones so they can display the replicas in an art show or somewhere else."

"Oh." I nodded.

"By the way..."

"Hmmm?"

"Thank you...for everything. You did not need to do that but you did."

"You're welcome!" Leon said before kissing me on my temple.

"Also...would you mind if we...drink tonight?" I asked.

Leon's eyes widened after hearing what I said.

"Are you sure? Can you handle it this time?" He asked.

"Of course! I promise, it will be fine!"

"Alright then!" He replied.

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Leon and I are in a fancy nightclub right now. He is enjoying his beer while I have to be very careful in drinking since I have a low tolerance for alcohol. Though, I can't deny that the mojito tastes really good.

"You like it?"

"I do, actually!"

We are both having a good time when a brunette girl in a cropped top and a mini skirt approached us. She is also wearing a fish net and a boots with dangling earrings. She sat at our table and began eyeing Leon flirtatiously. I glared at her intensely but she is not paying attention to me at all.

"Hey sexy! I am Skylar, what's your name?" She said as she scoot over to caress Leon. Leon then swiftly avoided her touches and scooted next to me so he can wrap his arm around me.

"I'm Leon and I am taken!" He said. I smirked before I grabbed Leon by his neck and started making out with him. After we pulled away, I looked at Skylar to see her shocked expression.

"He's taken so back off!" I said.

"I'm sorry. I am just really drunk right now. Let me, at least buy you both drinks." She said before walking towards the bartender. I was observing every bit of her move when the bartender handed her the drinks. As soon as she had both glasses on her hands, she quickly moved to the corner of the room. I grew suspicious so I decided to see what she's doing.

"Leon, I am just going to look at something there."

"Okay, babe!"

I sneaked up behind her and saw her lacing one of the drinks with drugs. She really thought she has the power to outsmart me. Two can play at this game. I returned to my seat with Leon, waiting for her to come back.

"Here you both go!" She said as she was carrying a tray of glasses.

"For you!" She said as she handed the glass to Leon. I quickly took the glass from her hand and offered it to her.

"I'm sorry but we have had enough drinks so you can have it instead." I said which made Leon snicker.

"What?! No, it's okay. I insist." She said.

I see, she is very adamant.

"Well, if you want my boyfriend to drink it so bad, why don't you drink it yourself?" I said, raising a brow.

She looked at me, speechless.

"What's this about?" She asked.

"All I am asking you is to drink it." I smiled.

"You know what? I bought the drinks for both of you and do you know how rude it is for you to return something that was given to you by someone? The least you can do is to take it." She defended.

"Why are you getting so defensive then? Is it because of this?" I said as I took something from her pocket in a rapid pace. I successfully caught the drug sachet and showed it to Leon.

Her jaw dropped in embarrassment and Leon looked at her with a sneer on his face.

"Trying to drug someone else's boyfriend just because you wanted to sleep with him is an old school technique, aren't you aware of that?" I asked and she just stared at me blankly.

"Leon, can we go now?" I asked.

"Sure, angel!"

Leon and I stood up from our table and are about to exit the bar but not before leaving last few words for her.

"Now, excuse us! My boyfriend and I still have to have sex in our hotel room."

Damn! How I wish Dana was here to see that.