The Billionaire

Part 17 Christian

'Just sit here for me, okay?' I sit her down on the closed toilet seat. 'Mm hmm.' A nod. 'Good.' I say stroking her hair one last time. I turn to the sink and open the drawer. I take out a hanker chief and turned on the tap and wait for the water to turn warm first, before I soak the hanker chief and squeeze some excess water out of it. I close the tap and turn back to Mia. 'Close your eyes for me, okay?' 'What are you going to do?' 'I'm going to clean you up. I'll just wipe you up a bit.' I say as I show her the damp hanker chief. 'Okay?' I ask her. 'Okay.' She replies. She's so cute. She closes her eyes and let me pamper her. 'Alright, all done. Now, gargle your mouth for me, please.' I say as I pass her a cup filled with water. She pours some in her mouth and gargles. She spits it right back into the cup. 'Good girl.' I say, taking the cup out of her hand. I pour out the water into the sink and let in drain. 

'Okay. All done.' I say. 'Thank you.' She mutters. 'That's okay.' I say softly, smiling at her. 'I'm hungry.' She says as I pick her back up and into the living room. 'I'll order some sushi for us. Is that okay?' I ask her. 'Yeah.' She replies. 'Okay.' I say and kiss her forehead gently. I take my phone out of my pocket and look up some sushi restaurants that do deliveries. Mia sits there quietly, like she's a tree, staring at the black tv- screen. I look up from my phone and at her. I chuckle as I see her still as a rock. 'You can turn the tv on you know?' I suggest. 'Oh, right.' She starts looking for the remote control. 'The remote is here.' I say, passing it to her. 'Oh. Thank you.' 'You alright?' I ask, concerned. She seems a little out of it at the moment. 'Yeah. I'm fine.' 'Just, fine?' 'I'm okay, alright?' 'Alright.' I back off quickly. It's nothing. I'm sure it's nothing. She's probably just hangry. 

A few minutes later, I manage to place my order. 'Okay. Sushi would be here in 5 minutes. Can you wait?' 'Yeah. Thanks Chris.' She says as she kisses my cheek and lies down on my chest. This is the first time she's ever called me Chris. I give her another kiss back. 'Can I just lie here for a second?' She speaks suddenly. 'Of course, sweetheart.' I reply. 'Rest as much as you want.' After a few minutes, she fell asleep.  I turn off tv that is still on. She seems weird today. Maybe she's just a little tired. 

5 minutes go by, and I hear my doorbell ring. 'Come in.' I say. It's just the security guard who works downstairs in the guardhouse. His job is to also bring the food that we ordered upstairs to our house.

Mia stirs on my chest, unhappy to be woken up from her beauty rest. The door opens and a tall man with crisp brown skin from being in the sun too long, enters. 'Good afternoon, Mr. Black. I believe you ordered this?' 'Yes, Brice. Thank you for bringing it upstairs. Just leave it on the table.' 'It's not a worry, sir.' And with that, he leaves, closing the door behind him. 

'Sweetheart.' I attempt to wake Mia up. She stirs and groans. 'The food's here.' She opens her eyes and stares at me for a moment. 'What?' She asks, still groggy. 'Sushi's here.' I repeat. 'Oh. Okay.' She starts to push herself up from my chest. I stare at her and smile. 'You're so cute.' I say as I reach out my hands to cup her face. I give her lips a gentle peck. 

I start untying the plastic bag and take out the array of sushi I ordered. I rip open the wasabi and soy sauce packet, and pour it into the plastic lid. I mix them together with a pair of chopsticks, while Mia sits there, watching me prepare the food. 

Once I'm done, I take a sushi and dip it in the sauce I just mixed up. 'Aaahh.' I tell Mia. She opens her mouth and let me feed her the sushi. 'How's that?' I ask, waiting for the taste to reach her. 'My nose.' She winces, and I laugh. 'Sorry sweetheart. That was quite a big chunk of wasabi.' That made her smile and chuckle a little. 'Besides that, it's good.' I sigh in relief. 'That's good. I go to the restaurant sometimes for lunch break. But, I never knew they did deliveries.'