Branch One Hundred and Eighty Seven

Xavier got the phone ready and put out it on the island. Jessica could not deny but it looked good and she could not wait to taste it so she could know what it tasted like.

"Can we still have the wine?" she asked pulling out the cutest face she could muster.

"You still want to drink," Xavier asked shocked at her request.

"If we have nothing to do then I guess having a cup or two would not hurt one bit" she explained trying to make her case.

He looked at her intensely for a while. She was right there was nothing wrong with the low alcohol-content wine he had brought out earlier.

"Okay ma'am," he said setting the cups on the island with the meal he had prepared. He poured some wine into both cups before he came to sit beside her.

"Should we eat here?" Jessica asked when she saw him faking his seat.

"I guess we can do so if you are comfortable with it," Xavier said.

There was no need for them to travel all the way to the couch just to eat and this served as a good table for them.