Love for a Billionaire

Chapter 24

The coffee was nice.  Even Sana knew as soon as she looked at the illuminated sign that even with all that daylight, there was beautiful, colorful lighting filled with red and green interspersed with several lighter colors.  Not to mention the beautiful chairs that were arranged in the main room: they were all positioned in groups of four and others of two or five, rarely seen by Sana as she quickly sat down, along with some wooden tables.  But Tzuyu was interested in the counter.  He knew that if they positioned themselves there they would have more peace since none of the customers positioned themselves there so as not to capture the attention of the waiters and bartenders, but now they didn't seem to care about the occupancy of the seats or the customers who positioned themselves randomly, they were too busy being overloaded with order after order.  So after Tzuyu's indication, he carefully made Sana sit down while a smile escaped his lips at the great attention that the man also paid to him when he had the simple intention of sitting down.  Tzuyu gave the simple order to the waiter, understanding from his movements that his order was given by a more than important person, so the latter nodded knowingly after having quickly seen with his finger on the menu his preferences both for himself and for Sana.  "The food here, as they say, is always good" said Tzuyu absently scratching the back of his head while Sana looked at him with a rather amused look at the man's timid behavior.  "How do you know?"  Sana asked in turn, placing a hand on the counter, carefully observing that the shelves in front of her were full of alcohol, including non-alcoholic ones, and coffee machines "My secretary recommended the place to me. She and her husband ate breakfast here on a Sunday, and he told me that the food is as excellent as the service" Tzuyu replied, looking up at Sana.  The woman couldn't help but be curious about the restaurants and places that Tzuyu chose for them: then, as Sana thought, all those restaurants were chosen by Tzuyu's secretary, not by her taste experience or her stylistic experience.  "So the other restaurants were also recommended by your secretary?"  he couldn't help but say it, making him completely nervous "No, never. Restaurants are my choices that I make based also on your taste. I don't want to go on a date knowing that my partner may find displeasure in the cuisine that the restaurant offers. They are choices specifically made by me" he replied confidently as if he were defending himself for a case of his guilt regarding some brutal murder, with the classic serious but nervous expression and those droplets sliding from his temples still holding them on his face until an answer is given by the requested person.  So did Tzuyu, with trembling legs and a more than nervous expression, he waited for Sana's smile to fade to hear her speak "I understand. You're really good at choosing clubs, then..." "Totally efficient in this category. I've been invited to a thousand restaurants and I know their flaws like the back of my hand" he replied in a rather presumptuous tone which only made Sana laugh more, always underhanded.  The order came after a light conversation.  The waiter brought a portion of waffles with chocolate on top as Sana looked on and a coffee.  Tzuyu had a cup of coffee with her with some peanuts next to it.  “They say this dish is the best,” Tzuyu said, sniffing as his hand went to the sugar packet.  "And for me?"  Sana asked looking at the cutlery still next to her, noticing that the man didn't even have a pair, "Yes. I know you like sugary things, and I think this dish is perfect for you" Tzuyu replied immediately.  Sana took the cutlery and cut some.  The softness was so easy to cut that when the fork touched the waffle for a while, it immediately broke.  She tasted it and was perplexed to know that the dish she had under her nose was so delicious.  "Are you sure you don't want any of it?"  Sana asked after taking two bites.  Tzuyu nodded confidently once more.  Tzuyu's hand tried to get closer to Sana but he didn't want to interfere with the moment: now that he had the possibility of having Sana close to him, even just to look at her, he wanted to try to make their situation as stable as it was before.  “I… Anyway,” Tzuyu said all of a sudden, making Sana roll her eyes as her mouth slowly chewed a bite of waffle, “I wanted to apologize to you immensely. In this tiny moment, I still can't understand how I did it. not to die from the long distance we had. I was too quick with things, especially with my selfish desires. I don't want him to... You know, think of me, completely different from what I want, instead , appear" Tzuyu continued, rubbing her hands in nervousness while Sana stared at her with interest and a hint of fear.  "I was a little afraid of you... And also a little angry" said Sana making Tzuyu squint her eyes so as not to fall into the inattention of those lips so soft and cute but above all in those brown eyes that seemed to see the his soul little by little.  "But I'm not completely angry with you, in the end I missed you too" Sana whispered making the man less nervous.  Tzuyu stared at Sana's hands, a little trembling but cute, he suddenly felt like taking her hand.  Yet her self-control was effective once again.  "I was thinking about going out together next..." Tzuyu said, putting her elbow on the counter and resting the latter's hand on her chin with her eyes glued to the woman who was eating another bite of waffle.  The same woman looked up at her at the same time her mouth chewed the food: slowly.  She was perplexed almost to the point of exploding after the man asked so casually.  "Hmm? Really?"  she asked, swallowing the waffle, she got nothing but a nod from the man who, still in that position, had grabbed a handful of peanuts with his other hand and put them in his mouth.  "I have a brand new yacht that I bought a few days ago. How about we have a dinner up there? I can call my personal chef and my maids, so we can be alone for real and try to solve this problem better too " Tzuyu proposed, no longer having the courage to look at her.  Sana laughed a little at the man's silly idea, then as soon as she finished her plate, slowly wiping her mouth, making the man anxious for taking too long to give him an answer, she finally said "I agree. In the end crowded places make me a little uncomfortable."  "Why didn't you tell me before? I would have personally asked for this idea or invited you over," Tzuyu said, raising her head and placing a hand over her heart suddenly.  Sana laughed for a while still behind the two small hands and then replied again "Don't worry... I have to go now, Tzuyu; I enjoyed this dish very much. See you" she finished by getting up from the table and touching the man's shoulder with almost lightness. to notify him of his exit.  She watched Sana until she walked out of the cafeteria.  He sighed happily and then looked around.  He stared at the finished plate which had a stripe of chocolate on one side that Sana hadn't touched at all and that almost finished cappuccino with a bit of lipstick on it.  He smiled internally and then placed his hand on the handle of the cappuccino cup.  He felt the intoxicating smell in his nostrils as he thought of Sana and her sweet lips on that milky white porcelain cup just like her delicate beauty.  "Oh, Sana.. It's strange that I miss you already" he whispered melancholy, smelling the cappuccino a little more and then placing his lips in the exact same place where Sana's lips had been placed a minute ago.  He wondered if the coffee shop would let him keep that cup to take home and lock it in a room just to make it even more precious, in Tzuyu's opinion, than it already was now;  for him, this cup was the wonder between his eyes, it was nothing compared to the Paul Cézanne painting he had at home or the famous Greek vase in the corridors, no this was more precious than anything else.