The Billionaire's Surrogate

Chapter 26

We kiss for god knows how long. Even after each breath we dive right back into the kiss.

The smoke detector alarms and Anthony pulls away abruptly. The pot that he put on the stove for the oil to heat up was now smoking.

He quickly turns off the stove and grabs a lid and covers it up. He takes a dish cloth and fans the smoke away from the detector and it soon turns off.

I cover my mouth with both hands and giggle. "Dont laugh at me" he says but he too was laughing.

"So" he turns to me and says. "So" I say and laugh even more.

"Now that that's under control, how about we continue what we started?" he suggested, raising his eyebrow.

"Are you serious? I'm starving" I say. I was really laughing alot right now, just being around him.

"Ok madam, I'll get right back to it then. Dont leave me this time" he says, readjusting his apron and lighting the stove again.

"I won't, I promise" I say.

He grabs his bowl of chopped up veggies and throws them into the pot of oil. The sizzling sound immediately fills the air and all the delicious smells.

He sprinkles a variety of seasonings in and gives it a stir. He then opens up another pot that was to the side and dumps its contents into the pot of veggies before stirring it again.

He opens another pot once again and throws its contents into the pot and stirs it before he covers it and turns down the flames.

"So love, would you like to fresh up before dinner or afterwards?" he asks as he walks over to where I sat. He leaned against the island, resting on his elbow.

"Afterwards is fine, plus it's too early now. I'd like to feel as fresh as possible before bed" I say and then a thought crosses my mind. "Umm Anthony, am I staying the night?" I ask.

"If you would like. That's totally ok with me" he says. He drinks some more of the refresher that he had made and then went back to check on his pot.

He goes over to the cupboard and retrieves two plates. He washes them with running water and dries them off.

He takes a pair of metal tongs and starts to serve the meal.

"Here you go love" he says.

He places a steaming plate of food before me and my mouth starts to salivate.

"This looks lovely" I compliment him. The food was so colorful with all the different types of veggies, it just reminded me of spring time.

"Its noodles and shrimp stir fry" he says and he pours me another cup of juice.

"Thank you" I say and taste the food.

The salty, savory flavor made my insides giddy. It was so delicious. "This is so good Anthony, you're a great chef" I say and he smiled.

"I'm happy that you like it" he says.

We eat together in silence. I'm completely full by the time I'm done and I was very grateful and happy.

"How was it?" He asked as he gathered the dishes to wash them out.

"That was delightful. I'm gonna have to make you cook for me from time to time" I say and he laughs. "Whatever and whenever you want love" he replies and continues doing the dishes.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, wiping the water from his hands and coming to stand by me at the island.

"I'm good, how are you" I ask. "Never been better" he flirts and gives me a smirk.