The two were eating in silence, Barbara's mind wandering again, and smiling brightly, Jeffrey stared at her, and his eyes met her."Hm! Stop staring, I am not thinking about anything.""Barbara, if you find out that Li Jun is not who he is; will you get mad at him?""Jeff, he is not my boyfriend, he is just a friend.""I know, will you get mad?'"Of course, I will never forgive him, if he plays me for a fool because I see him as a friend now and I expect him to be honest with me especially now, that I want to rent him for...""Rent him again?" Jeffrey yelled."Stop it, he is a nice person, you will get to love him when you get closer to him, he is very nice." Jeffrey went mute for a while, Barbara rubbed her hand on his shoulder. "Do you think, I am that bad for someone to love?""Barbara!""Just kidding, come on eat your meal." When she goes back to her meal, Jeffrey's eyes don't leave her, he keeps having thoughts in his head, just maybe, Barbara is already falling for Dante, he had
"Hi!"- Barbara.She typed immediately, she got the message, then she facepalmed. "Shit! Barbara, what have you done, are you going to make him believe that you missed him that much, what are you even going to tell him, if he asked about the previous message?""Did you text something or text the wrong person?"- Li Jun'Wrong person?"-BarbaraShe picked the other one, it's her escape root."Are you saying I am?"-Li Jun"No oh! Sorry, wrong window."-BarbaraHe smiled, then ran his hand on his nape, Jayden looked at him."Or maybe, you were going through my chat with you and did that?"-Li JunBarbara's eyes bulge out, she is not expecting that Dante will guess accurately, it's shameful, she is not going to accept that, not now, not even in the future."Why will I do that?"-Barbara She defended herself, and Dante chuckled. "You are not that important to me."-Barbara. Seeing the other message, Dante frowns."Why did I even text her?" He blurts out, and Jayden looks at him. "Stop staring and
Barbara left her office and then asked Ethan to go straight to the restaurant, Gordon made reservations where she would meet Gordon and his sister."Ma'am, should I come with you?'"Come off it, they are not going to eat me, and stop acting like you are some security agent.""Sorry, my lady.""Silly, you should wait for me here.'"Alright, you should be careful." Barbara gave him a nice smile and then moved into the restaurant.The waitress greeted her and then asked for her reservation, she took Gordon's name."This way ma'am." The waitress guided her to the reservation room, and she pulled the glass for Barbara, the young lady wasn't dressed in anything too fancy, she was looking beautiful."Sorry, I am a bit late." Barbara apologizes as she approaches the table, Gordon gives her a sweet smile to make her feel at ease. She too reciprocates with a sweet warm smile."Come let's eat." Gordon beckoned her, his younger sister was carried away with how sweet her brother is behaving towards
Dante drove Barbara back to his condominium, immediately he arrived in the city, the first person he wanted to see was Barbara, getting to Kathleen's, he was told that Barbara was not back, he recalled that Barbara told him, she was meeting with Gordon, he thought of calling her or driving to pick her but then again, she might not like it, so waiting for her was the only option he could think of."Thanks, I will change then sleep, you should sleep too, it's late.""I will have to place a call to Jayden.""Oh! Have you eaten?""Yes, we talk in the morning then." Dante nodded at her, then took his call."Jayden, can't you stop calling for once?""I was worried, you left as soon as we arrived, where are you?""At the condominium, I am spending the night here.""Fine, I am on my way.""No!" He yelled."Why?""Sorry, she is here, I will be spending the night with her.""What? What did you tell her to make her agree to do that?""Don't be silly, I am not sleeping with her, and get off my pho
He laughed inwardly at her childish behavior and continued walking behind her."Careful, you...""Ah!" She cried in pain, and Dante rushed to her."Hey, why are you in a hurry?" He held her hand."I am fine." She pushed his hand slightly from her hand, she tried to stand then noticed that her ankle ached as soon as her weight rested on her leg, she frowned, holding her ankle."What is it?""I must have sprained my ankle." Dante looked at Barbara who was holding her ankle in pain, she could see his concern, about how she was going to go home with him."I could wait for you here, maybe, you could go home and bring your car here to take me home."Dante looks at her, he runs his hand on his nape."Let me carry you instead." Barbara looks at him"How are you going to carry me with those bags?""Piggyback ride."She looked at him, with her puppy eyes, Dante nodded and then bent for her to climb on him, her eyes sparked, and her lips curved into a nice smile as she quickly latched on Dante's
Barbara is dying to go back to the kitchen to see what Dante is up to, she noticed that Jayden must have left but Dante didn't come to check on her and he might scold her again if she tried to check on him.After staying for another thirty minutes, her patient had run out, she tried to stand then the door opened, revealing Dante with the tray of food."You are very stubborn.""I was..." She pins her lips together, Dante drops the food on the bed"I didn't want you to stress, so I thought of bringing your meal here, let's eat." Barbara moved to where the meal was, she watched Dante as he served her the meal."Here, have this." He stretches the spoon to her, she looks at him and then grabs it."Is that how you treat all your women?" Dante looks at her."This is my first time doing such kind of thing, I am a very busy man, flirting is not my thing, and I don't have the luxury of doing things with the opposite sex. You should not have ideas in your head about me and those numerous females
"Wait here, I will be back." He grabbed his phone and went out, Barbara watched his back as he moved into the living room, her brain racing, with the whole event that had just taken place, she kept thinking of how stupid she had become, letting him flirt with her without stopping him."Is this my imagination or this is real?" She thought in her head then pinched herself. "You should stop now Barbara, I don't think he is in love with you."Dante was sweating when he returned, she looked at him."Are you alright?""Yes, I have a call from my mom, she is a bit under the weather, so my attention is needed, will you come with me?"Barbara looks at him, she is dying to say yes, yet she is scared of making Dante realize her true feelings for him. She needed to be patient and let Dante tell her if he felt anything for her. A man is supposed to express his feelings for a woman, not the other way around."Why are you thinking about it, I thought you said you wanted to be my friend, let's be frie
"Hiking?""Yes, Dad, it's been a while, I know he is very busy and he is going to feel bad if I don't go with him." Calvin pinned his lips together, and he stared at her, his face was without expression, Barbara stared at him trying to read her father's thoughts, after giving him many thoughts."Fine, you should go with him but you will have to go with security.""Father! Who goes hiking with security?""That is it and I am not turning back on my words.""Father, Jeff can protect me.""Barbara!" Calvin called in frustration."Dad, am I in some danger?" She was forced to ask, Calvin looked at her and faked a smile."Of course, not, you know I am always protective of you, is called father Instinct.""Noted Dad, I go upstairs now, you should go to your wife, she might be missing you," Barbara said as she placed a peck on the cheek of Calvin, as she made her way upstairs, Hazel watched the father and daughter, Calvin grabbed his phone and make his way to his study, and he read that message