Chapter 169- Friends
Rafael could feel that they had taken more than enough time to finish their dinner. But it was a wholesome meal.
He was enjoying an evening after such a long time.
Seeing her laughing at something silly was doing strange things to his heartstrings. At least, she was opening up to him.
"And here our chicken buns were ready to be dispatched," she told him with wide eyes twinkling with mischief, "and can you believe it? Akari. One of my employees. She just picked up one bun and showed it to me... almost waving it in my face... Hey! Marissa. I want to taste one!" Rafael saw her moving the napkin in her hands and he couldn’t move away his eyes from her glowing face, "I warned her, no way, Akari. Put it back... she just pushed it hungrily into her mouth and oh man! Her face got like... she wanted to puke... she ran to the sink and emptied her mouth and then screamed at the top of her lungs at our rider who was supposed to deliver those buns... Stop! The buns don’t have salt in them. They are sweet... we all were damned..."
She kept telling him about that incident, and Rafael was having difficulty in keeping his focus on her words.
The waiters standing nearby must be there with an emotionless face, but Rafael could detect amusement in their eyes.
He knew it. He always knew it.
When he was blind, the way she used to talk, made him laugh a lot. He even remarked once how she had changed and never was this funny when they were dating.
And today her talk not only lifted his mood but also seemed to brighten the night for everyone around them.
She was so busy telling him about the past blunder she made while making chicken buns that she didn’t realize his eyes were solely on her face.
With a fist under his chin, he observed her face fondly. The dining hall of a seven-star hotel, he booked for their dinner was well worth it.