Lust and Love

🤔5 : Date or Not?

It's already passed three in the afternoon on a sunny Saturday, Ryan and I are in his car, heading to wherever he's taking me.

"We're going to eat." He says randomly, smiling but without even glancing at me. (Not even specific on what we're going to "eat"? Uh.. naughty Jennifer, naughty.)

He's so cute. He hasn't changed that much. Except that, he grew some beard. But still looking hot. He looks more mature when he grows his beard. I shift my gaze and look on the road instead when I notice I was looking at his face for too long. God, what was I thinking.

Then I feel him staring at me then to my..boobs. Now I regret wearing this outfit that reveals so much cleavage. I feel conscious with myself and it surprises me cause I don't usually do. And I don't want anyone to think this is a date. I should have worn simpler and more decent clothes, or at least a conservative one. But I didn't want to look like I'm his mother at the same time..

"Where are we going Mister?" I ask just to break the silence. And because noticing from the road we're driving at, we're almost in West Hollywood and I just know which restaurant we're going to dine in.

"Almost there, Ms. Lopez."

He makes a left turn, leaving me confused because the certain restaurant I was guessing is going straight to the highway but he turns left instead, to Santa Monica Boulevard.

I check my phone and there's one message from Leah. I set my phone to silent mode so I won't hear her incoming calls or messages, then she'll think I'm busy and having a life. I stop caring about my phone afterwards and stare by the window.

He drives so fast that I didn't realize we passed through West Hollywood, we are already in Beverly Hills after half an hour which only seemed 5 minutes.

Ryan slows the car and stops right infront of a beautiful and an expensive-looking building. And that's right, it doesn't resemble any of a restaurant.

"We're here?" I ask, unsure.

"Welcome to my apartment, Jen." He says with a proud smile then he gets out of the car and opens the door for me.

As far as I know, most people who live in this particular area in Beverly Hills are A-Listers. And a lot of the A-listers who live here took years in their career before they were able to afford a unit here.

"This is so beautiful.. I mean, I didn't know you own something like this." I say, trying my best not to sound like I underestimated him cause I have to admit, his place looks very expensive.

"I moved here just 5 days ago and since you sent me that text the day after, so I decided to invite you to my place."

"It's beautiful, Ryan."

"Thanks Jen. Take a tour inside." He suggests.

The place is huge. Honestly, it took me years too before I afforded something fancy like this. I love the peaceful feeling inside his apartment. But wouldn't he get lonely living here alone after some time?

"You've done pretty well, huh." I walk around his apartment and tour as he said, and he ushers me from place to place. He says I'm actually the first visitor he had on his new home. No one else has come here even his parents and his brother and that pretty amazed me. I feel special even if I know I shouldn't.

There are two bedrooms. The first one is adjacent to the living room. The other one is upstairs and has it's own bathroom and fridge. There is even a guest room. He has a small gym also upstairs. And he has a mini library because he says he loves reading.

"And maybe because that's all I could do here on some certain days." He adds when he talked about the reading.

There's another bathroom near the kitchen. We get to the kitchen last because..