A Prince's Love

Chapter 38

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Next day...

Gifty holds on to the red tote lunch bag as she skips through the compound towards Tyler's house.  It was almost four in the afternoon and she decided to bring food so they could eat and watch a movie afterwards. Gifty was obviously not over Tyler and she had thought it over and realised that Tyler wasn't necessarily wrong. She was selfish sometimes and she took him for granted. He always did the best he could to make her happy yet she always wanted more. Thinking about how she acted made her sick. She wasn't even aware of how she was behaving but she knows and she feels terrible. She misses him terribly, and it may seem desperate, but she has to get him back.

Gifty lets out a breath as she makes her way to Tyler's door. She knocks and waits for someone to open. She looks down at the bag in her hand and mutters a quiet prayer to herself. Hopefully everything goes well.

Footsteps sound towards the door and Gifty looks up. Tyler opens the door and she quicky plasters a smile on her face.

"Hey Ty." she greets with a dazzling smile. Things were still pretty awkward between them but they've started talking to each other a bit more.Tyler was pleasantly surprised that she was at his door and her smile unconsciously made his lips curve up into one as well.

"Hi G. What are you doing here?"

She holds up the lunch bag with a cheesy smile. "I made fried rice and I brought a movie, so I was hoping we could eat and watch it together."

Tyler raises his eyebrows at her hopeful smile. He couldn't recall a time when Gifty had done something like this for the two of them. He recognised that she might be doing this to win him back but it didn't even bother him; he missed spending time with her.

"You made food for me?" he asks.

"Yes. Well, us. Don't be greedy." she jokes.

He chuckles. "I'd love to. Do you wanna eat out here? It's nice out."

She nods excitedly and he drags a long bench off the verandah and positions it right in front of the house. Both sit at the ends of the bench, facing each other as Gifty puts the bowl of fried rice between them. Tyler's mouth drops open when he sees the goodness in front of him. Not only was it fried rice, there was a little cup of black pepper sauce and two fat pieces of juicy, baked chicken. He looks back at the lovely girl in front of him with a wide smile on his face. Why didn't she do this when they were together?

"Gee, it looks amazing. You made this?"

She shrugs. "Yes, why do you sound surprised?"

"No reason. Let's eat, I'm salivating."

A giggle leaves her lips as she watches him pick up a spoon and dig into the food. Tyler shoves a spoonful into his mouth and almost moans when he tastes it. It was like heaven.

Gifty watches him like a creep with a smile on her face. She thought that he looked so adorable eating. She wishes she could grab and kiss him but she can't now. Not anymore.

Tyler notices she hasn't started eating but is staring at him like a maniac instead. He puts his spoon down with a smirk. "I know I'm a fine boy but aren't you going to eat too?"

His words break her out of her daze and she narrows her eyes at him, a small blush forming on her cheeks. "Still arrogant, I see."

He scoffs. "Arrogant? Never. Just spitting facts."

She couldn't argue with that so she looks down at the food and grabs the other spoon. Tyler nods at her to eat and she playfully rolls her eyes before putting a spoonful in her mouth. She moans at her own food; she didn't realize it was that good. She looks up to see Tyler chuckling at her and she shrugs, before taking another bite of the food. Tyler smirks and picks up the spoon again but he slightly winces from the pain in his wrist. Yesterday at the petrol station, he accidentally twisted his wrist while carrying a box (don't ask how that's possible).