Not Too Late

Chapter 28

Lucas' POV

We pulled up at 'taste and tell bistro', it was a small cosy restaurant and coincidentally one of the restaurants i bought from Mr Smith and his wife. What are the odds that my dear wife to be happened to know the couple.

The restaurant was a popular one in this district, very well known and once I fixed it up, I decided to let it run as it used to, this was one out of the few i left. Let's not get talking about the name, I hated it, but Carlos insisted I left it that way, he said he liked it, of course he did, he was a weirdo.

I looked towards my cute wife to be as she stared at the restaurant with so much love. She was so giddy and happy that I couldn't help feeling happy myself. She rushed towards the restaurant slowing down as if remembering something. I smiled when I realized that she was waiting for me.

We entered the restaurant as I looked around, as usual, I was working behind the scenes, I had put somebody in charge, the employees didn't know me. I smiled slightly as the place buzzed with people, families, everyone was laughing and smiling and for a moment I'm pretty sure it felt like home for them. I looked towards Amaya to see her talking to an elderly woman, she had forgotten about me again.

I cleared my throat to announce my presence. I think I heard the lady try to whisper something close to, "who's the handsome hunk with you", and my assumptions were proven when I saw Amaya's face turn a shade of red.

"Flora this is my fiance Luca and Luca this is Flora", She introduced us. 'Fiance', that actually sounded nice coming from her mouth, I wonder how good husband will sound.

"Nice to meet you", I said extending my hand.

"Likewise", she replied.

Her and Amaya kept discussing some things but I think I heard Flora say something about the new owner doing really well with the place. My chest rose with accomplishment at the praise. For some reason I wanted to impress Amaya. 'she doesn't know you're the owner idiot', my subconscious yelled at me. 'No kidding, you know you're me right?, So technically you're also an idiot', and now I'm talking to myself, great.

I sat at one end of the table while Amaya sat at the other. I ordered some chicken Alfredo and wine while I think Amaya ordered her usual. She seems like a really frequent customer. We sat in a comfortable silence while we waited for our food to come.

The waiter came dropping off our dishes when his eyes noticed Amaya. "Amaya?, Flora said something like you were here but I thought she was joking", He smiled at her, his voice portraying his excitement on seeing her, they seemed really close.

"How have you been David?, It's been a long while", she smiled back at him as they began discussing. I tried to divert my attention from them, especially at the fool's hand on Amaya's. She either didn't seem to notice it or she was comfortable with it, both didn't sit well with me, especially since it was clear as day that this David guy likes her, the jokes, the occasional hand rubs, the way he looked at her. I didn't realize when I broke the wine glass in my hand.

Amaya quickly ran to my side, picking the serviette from the table and dabbing them on my hand. "Shit, what did you do?, The glass is in too deep", she kept trying to clean it but the blood kept pouring out, you know the funny thing, my hand didn't hurt at all, another part of me hurt at this moment.

"I think there's a first aid kit in the kitchen, I'll go bring it", David offered.

"No need, the glasses are in deep, he might need some stitches, I'll just take him to the hospital", she motioned me to stand up leading me to the door.

"Sorry about this, thank you for the meal. Tell Flora that I'll be sure to come back soon", she led me outside the door. I proceeded to get into the drivers seat.

"What do you think you're about to do?"

"Drive us home, I'm fine. It's just a small cut"

"Not with your hand like that and that doesn't look like a small cut to me. Move I'll drive", She stared at me like i had grown two heads.

"You heard me. Move"

I didn't bother protesting any longer and just moved to allow her drive. It felt weird, her driving me but I could get used to this.

*****

We came out of the hospital as Amaya once again entered the drivers seat. Amaya was right and I did infact need stitches. The glass embedded deep in my skin and only when the doctor started to pull it out did it hurt like hell. Amaya hadn't said anything since we arrived at the doctor's office, she flinched when the doctor started to remove the glass pieces, it was as if she was the one in pain and not me.

She drove to my apartment and i had to try to convince her to stay over as she wouldn't let me drive her home and I wasn't comfortable with her driving alone at this time. She finally agreed and I showed her to the guest room, I had to lend her one of my shirts and shorts. As she showered, I ordered pizza, I felt bad that she didn't get to eat anything because of the stupid stunt I played.

I was in the middle of changing the channels when I heard footsteps behind me. I turned to see Amaya walking down to stairs in my shirt which looked like more of a short gown on her and my shorts which she folded at the waist so they were barely visible. Her smooth legs on display, I wanted them wrapped around my waist so badly, her hair was still wet, the droplets running down her neck and disappearing into the shirt she wore. Shit, my imagination was going wild. Get a hold of yourself.

Amaya clearing her throat brought me out of my thoughts. She was blushing while trying to avoid my eyes. I let out a small laugh.

"I couldn't find a dryer in the bathroom", She muttered still avoiding my gaze.

"Mmmm", I nodded getting up going to my bathroom to get her a dryer. I handed it to her as she went back almost running back to the room. I let out a laugh at how shy she was.

I turned back to the TV finally settling on a horror movie to watch. Amaya came down again few minutes later, this time around, I didn't turn back to look at her, I didn't want her to feel more uncomfortable. She sat a few feats away from me.

"I ordered pizza if you're interested"

"Thanks"

We sat there watching the movie in silence, she seemed to really enjoy the movie and handled her fear well, she didn't seem scared. I was really surprised, most girls preferred romance movies, not horror, I was expecting her to leave or ask me to change it when she came, I didn't know she'll actually sit and watch it. Well that's Amaya for you, she's not like most girls. There was a part in the movie where the demon girl just appeared in the hallway, the lights went off and on again and suddenly she was in front of us through the TV.

That part made Amaya jump and shield herself in my chest, my hands hung at my side due to shock, I didn't want to overpass my limits. Once she regained herself, she quickly shifted back to her position muttering a small sorry. The rest of the movie went really smoothly and by the cast roll, I was already feeling tired, so was Amaya because a cute yawn escaped her mouth.

"Goodnight", She said as she stood up. "Thanks for the pizza"

"Sure. Goodnight Amaya", I watched as she went up the stairs, her back quickly disappearing from my sight, I looked at my bandaged hand and let out a sigh.

"This is going to be much harder than I thought"

1402 words.

Lucaya

Mayaluca

Amalu

Lucaya

😂😂

I've gone crazy.