Lust and Love

😍6 : Ryan's Surprise

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

"I have a surprise for you, Jen." He says as he leads me to the dining table. "Finer than any restaurant."

So that was his surprise 😱. He had set the table with foods and a fancy wine on the middle inside an aluminum bucket filled with ice cubes. The utensils, napkins and wine glasses are also well-placed. Had he really put this much effort for our "hang out"?

"Whoah.. You did this?"

"Yep. And I cooked for both of us to have something to eat."

I have to admit, I'm so impressed. The setting is just so lovely. The thought of him preparing all of these is very cute. And it's just the two of us.. And oops, this is not even a date. I had to remind myself this is NOT a date. I know he's also not thinking this is a date.

We eat and talk and drink the red wine he had prepared. Things go smoothly and very well. I don't feel any awkwardness around him even if we hadn't get in touch for a long time. Even after we did something sneaky and slept around few times before.. But all of it was just nothing.

I enjoy his company. We're still both very good friends. I like the food he cooked. I never knew he can cook so well but he said he's practicing. And we had the same taste. He must be preparing himself cause he might be settling down and marrying someone sooner. And a part of me feels sad about that cause we never might do this again if that happens. I mean we can still be friends but he'll be busy with his new family. As I've notice he's become more serious, more mature and more decent. Like a real grown up ready for parenthood.

We eat, talk, drink some wine, talk some more to keep up with each other's busy career. We talk and talk but our past was never brought up. We didn't even talk about each other's lovelife, his girlfriend (if ever he has) nor me talking about Arod.

We drink some more until the two bottles of wine are almost down. And the sun has already set.

I can feel the tingling sensation of alcohol in my throat and I feel my whole body heats up by that blood-red wine but of course, I'm definitely not drunk.

"It's almost 6, Ms. Lopez. I should get you home by now."

"So you don't want me around your house anymore?" I say jokingly.

"Of course I'd love having you here as my visitor. But it's ungentlemanly of me if I let you stay in my house through the night, noting that both of us have a little influence of alcohol."

Ryan's always been thoughtful and caring like that. That's one of the things I always like about him.

"And something might happen.." He adds with a smirk. That smirk.

"Hey I'm not drunk if you think I am," I laugh. "But you're right. I should get home by now. The coconuts are waiting for me." I stand up slowly and feel a very little dizziness in my head. Just very little, okay? So I'm definitely not drunk. "But first let me check my.."

Oh god where is it.

I look at the table but fail to see what I'm looking for. Maybe it fell on the floor..

"Something wrong Ms. Lopez?"

"My phone it's.. Oh where is it.." I scan my hand bag and it's impossible for me to not see it if it's in there. And it wasn't there..

"I'll go find it." Ryan rushes upstairs to make sure I didn't leave it in any of the rooms while we were touring around a while ago. He looks for my phone from the sofas and even in the bathrooms. After scanning the entire apartment, my phone is not yet found and I start to worry. And he can't call it cause it won't ring since I set it to silent mode. Puta.

"Wait there, Jen. Maybe it's in the.."

Ryan disappears from the room. Well I don't care much if I'd totally lose that phone cause I can have a new one but what if Arod had called or texted and who might have found it?

Then he comes back just few seconds and my phone is already on his hand. I couldn't be any happier by now.

"Found it! It's in the car." He hands me my phone.

"Thank you!!" I don't know why but I'm so happy he found it, I kiss him on the lips. That was just a quick peck but I still tasted the touch of alcohol on his mouth and the smell of it on his breath.

That kiss meant nothing but a simple thank you. It was just a reflex of me being happy he found my phone cause I must go home as soon as possible. But after I pull off, Ryan stares at me, to my eyes, to my lips, then back to my eyes.

Okay, maybe my reaction was too much. Maybe it's just because of the influence of alcohol. I really need to get home now before I'll do more stupid things.

"I'll drive you home, Ms. Lopez." He places his hand on my back and we head outside.

He opens the car door as gentleman as he is, and starts the engine as soon as he hops into the driver's seat before the paps outside will see us.

"Thank you so much for everything baby. I really had a great time," I tell him as sincere as I can.

"My pleasure."

If Ryan had a cake on the table..