The Millionaires Pursuit

Chapter 20

On Wednesday afternoon, Erik receives a phone call from Rosaline. He is partly surprised to hear from her during the work day, considering it is still school hours and she is probably in the middle of teaching.

"To what do I owe the pleasure?" Erik's says into his phone, as a way of greeting her.

Rosaline lets out the most adorable, childish laugh before she even has a chance to say anything.

"I suppose I just wanted to see if that offer to have me over for dinner was still available?"

"You know it is, but before we get into that I must ask, how are you calling me? Are you not at work at the moment?"

"I am, its currently lunchtime so I figured I might use what spare few minutes I have to call you." She easily replies.

Erik smiles to himself, upon hearing that Rosaline was thinking about him in her spare time. The thought alone is enough to make Erik feel wanted, which is something he's wanted from Rosaline for what has felt like the longest time.

"Well then, I'm all ears sweetheart. How has your day been so far?"

"Wonderful actually, my students have just selected their new adventure books for their reading groups. They're excited to get started and so am I." She beams.

"I'm glad to hear it." Erik tells her with a sense of pride.

"If you're free tonight, I'd love to have you over for dinner?" Erik reminds Rosaline of her previous inquiry.

"What time?"

"I can have Harold pick you up at say six o'clock? It'll give us enough time to chat, enjoy some dinner together and then I can drive you home myself before it gets too late. I know you have work tomorrow, so I don't want to keep you too late." Erik says in a considerate tone.

"That would be great, I'll message you my address when I finish up work this afternoon." Rosaline sweetly promises.

"Before I let you go sweetheart, I just have one more question to ask?"

"Sure."

"What changed your mind about coming over? Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled you are but I guess I just got the impression that you weren't entirely convinced when I first suggested the idea last weekend?" Erik explains.

To Erik's surprise, Rosaline doesn't miss a beat.

"Let's just say I wanted to see you and I don't think I could have waited another week to pass before that happened." She answers, with more confidence than Erik was expecting.

"Well in that case, I can't wait until tonight to see you my dear. Take care." Erik responds, before ending the call.

After ending his conversation with Rosaline, Erik immediately sets to work organising what he'll cook for dinner this evening. He obviously wants to make a a show of his culinary skills, but deep down he knows Rosaline would probably be just as grateful if they ordered takeout. That was one of the many beautiful qualities that Erik admired about her. Unlike many of the women Erik use to surround himself with, Rosaline was content with the bare minimum. It was refreshing to know that Rosaline was hanging around Erik for genuine reasons and not because she wanted something from him. Given the direction his thoughts were currently guiding him, Erik couldn't help but think about Bianca and her sudden departure the other evening. The entire ordeal left Erik feeling uncertain about Bianca's motives. Having had the past few days to mull over it in his head, he was now convinced that she was planning something. He was completely in the dark about what it might potentially be, but the thought alone was enough to make his skin crawl. Forcing himself to push those dark ideas aside, he instead heads into his kitchen to start preparing this evenings meal.