RAYMOND'S POVShe remained quiet at my statement sitting up on the bed with the duvet over her body, my heart started to skip a beat at her action, was she thinking about rejecting my offer? or maybe she was just exhausted and was thinking of how to turn me down nicely, I wish I could read minds right now."If you feel tired, it is totally fine," I said, I couldn't read her face even though I tried to, hence I said that instead of having to face rejection.Rejection wasn't on the list of things I looked forward to especially when this was the first time in my life that I was asking a woman out on a dinner date that I hadn't even planned for.That aside, I could easily make some calls and have everything in place as soon as possible, the most important thing right now was she saying yes to me."I am not tired, is it like a dinner date?" she asked me."Yes, I have a dress ready for you, all you have to do is be pretty as you always are," I said to her as I saw her cheeks turn red again,
RAYMOND'S POVLast night was blissful, me and Ariana spent the night talking about random topics about her and myself, I didn't want us staying so long into the night because I didn't want to deprive her of her beauty sleep so after we were done dining I asked if we could dance. Well not the kind of dancing you might be thinking, I wasn't much of a dancer and Ariana wasn't either so we just stood hugging each other and moving slowly to the music.By the end of the day we kissed yet again but this time lightly, I didn't want to do anything on the rooftop either. We parted ways and went to our rooms to sleep. By morning I was off to work as early as possible, I had a lot to catch up on but before I left I made sure the maids prepared breakfast as well as lunch for Ariana because I didn't know when I would be back.My schedule were always booked and most times were impromptu, with me shifting my meeting to today I was definitely going to be coming home late. I also informed them to do an
RAYMOND'S POV"Sir?" My assistant questioned looking at me, I stared at her wondering what she was on about, it took me a while to realize that I had just called her Ariana instead of her name. What the hell was wrong with me?"Is that all?" I said trying to brush off the conversation, I wasn't going to apologize for just making a mistake and calling her Ariana because that would only make me look even more foolish and absentminded. "Yes Sir with the files but we have a meeting in the next thirty minutes with Virgo Corps," my assistant replied I was sure she was wondering why I had called her Ariana but she couldn't dare ask me about it instead she brought out her phone to verify what she had just said regarding the meeting in the next thirty minutes, she checked the time and nodded her head putting her phone back into her pocket staring at me.I had totally forgotten about the meeting with Virgo Corps and now that I thought about it I remembered I had a date with Ariana at the end o
RAYMOND'S POV~ RESTAURANT ~I stood up from my seat at the sight of Ariana heading toward me in the dress I handpicked for her, I made sure to wrap up my meetings so I could get here on time for our dinner date, I didn't want her to have to wait for me, I was acting like a little child yet again and it was all because of Ariana. She looked so angelic as she walked up to me with all smiles.When she got closer to me, I opened my hands as she gave me a hug and a peck on the cheeks, I pecked her as well on the cheeks."Hi," she said in a timid voice as I smiled at her."You look lovely," I told her and I wasn't lying, she looked so beautiful, whatever she wore just seemed to accentuate her body so well. She was like a goddess whenever she was all dressed up. "Thank you and you look handsome."I knew I was a good-looking man but hearing her say it was like music to my ears, I loved it.I opened her seat for her as she sat down adjusting her dress in place before I took my seat offering
RAYMOND'S POVLove wasn't enough."I was thinking if you would want to dance," I said. I couldn't tell her what I was thinking about especially when it was her sister I was thinking of while on a dinner date with her, I knew that wouldn't sit well with her."Yes I will love to dance," she replied happily about to stand from her seat.I offered my hand to her as I rose from my seat, she smiled at me taking my hand while I lead her to the center of the restaurant which I was sure was free from any obstacle. I took her left hand and placed it on my shoulder as I held on to her other hand moving slowly to the romantic music playing in the background.Smiling at her she leaned her head on my chest, my thoughts went back to what I was thinking about earlier.Love wasn't enough, I had loved Kira and she had claimed to love me too but it didn't end well for both of us. "Ouch," Ariana groaned in pain as I realized that I had just stepped on her toe, she tried to step back letting go of me to
ARIANA'S POVI was so happy to be on this date with Raymond, the fact that he had asked me out made me happy, I couldn't hide my excitement when I walked in and saw Raymond waiting for me. I was tempted to kiss him but I pecked his cheeks instead, I also noticed he had booked the top floor just for us, it was lovely to see that he was willing to do something like that for me. He proceeded to order for us and I was glad he did because the food turned out to be so good, I didn't drop my cutleries for once until I was done eating and taking a sip from the wine he ordered for us.While eating we discussed random topics and ended up talking about Kira, actually I had been the one stupid enough to bring her name into our conversation, not exactly like I spent hours talking about her but I went back to that day we had met for the first time, how things turned out and brought us to this moment, even though Raymond had a smile on his face as he sipped his wine and nodded his head I could see
Raymond suddenly felt his heart racing as there was no sight of Ariana in the restroom. He could only conclude that something bad had happened because Ariana couldn't have gone somewhere else without informing him, she wasn't really familiar with this restaurant or location so where else could she be."Is everything alright Sir?" the waiter asked in a worried tone as he stood by the door watching Raymond search every corner in the bathroom. He had not seen the young miss since she came in this direction, so probably she had gone to the down floor while she was done in the rest room as their was a connecting door to the down floor."Check your CCTV footage right now," Raymond yelled at the waiter, walking pass him and running out of the restroom to the down floor to see if Ariana was there, if she was in danger he prayed in his heart that he would locate her on time before things got worst and out of his control but he hoped she was not, he wanted to believe that she probably went to t
“Ariana," Raymond yelled as he got into the car park, he barely started searching for her when someone pushed him from behind as he fell to the ground. He turned around on the ground to see who it was as a bat about to hit him right in the head misses his head and hits his hand instead, shock waves suddenly filled his body as he got up quickly staring at three men in mask, Raymond figured they were teenagers from their physique, even though they had mask on.One of them was holding a bat and the others were in fighting positions, were they the ones that took Ariana and now they were here to cause harm to him. The three goons didn't even let Raymond process his thought as they started to attack him throwing punches at him and kicking him, Raymond tried his best to defend himself by dodging their punches and punching them back.It would seem he had a upper hand with the goons because the punches he was throwing at them were causing more injuries to them than the ones they were throwing