Saturday (Part 2)

Precious POV

I sighed in relief when her gaze softened considerably. 

"I didn't know Ethan had a female friend, let alone one from another nation. Ethan when were you going to tell me?" his mother questioned, with a stern look on her face.

"Well, she's here now, isn't she?" he said, obviously tired of the questions, making me jab my elbow at him. He looked at me curiously and I mouthed ‘Be nice.

"Well, let's not just stand. Come in my dear, let's mingle" Ethan’s Father said, as he gestured towards a table, reserved for us.

Ethan brought out a chair for me and I mumbled a ‘thanks’, taking my seat. He took his seat beside me with his parents on the other side and his sister to my left.

"You said, you’re from Nigeria dear?" his father asked me, as curiosity flashed in his eye.

"Yes sir" I answered with a smile, trying to be respectful.

"Oh, call me Ryder, my dear. What did you come to New York for?" Mr. White asked.

"Well, I'm here for my master’s degree program," I answered truthfully.

"That's amazing darling. How did you and Ethan, meet?" his mother asked this time, making me snap my gaze to hers.

It was definitely questioning time. 

Ethan answered quickly as we rehearsed this question and we decided to keep it as true as possible.

"We met when she first came to New York, I was coming from a cafe after a business meeting. I mistakenly poured hot coffee on her and she went ballistic on me, so, I took her to the hospital" he chuckled as if remembering the day making me pout. It wasn’t my fault.

"Hey, that coffee was hot, okay, and you deserved what you got for being an arrogant guy" I countered him. His parents found it amusing and started laughing.

"Wow, you had quite a first impression," she asked and Ethan suddenly blushed. oh my!

"Oh, he did, I was intrigued by his eyes but he had an ego the size of a balloon, ma'am " I replied honestly.

"Call me Rose, dear" I smiled and nodded, knowing, I wouldn’t do that. My parents raised me to be respectful, so why would I call an elder, by their name?

"Wow, I like you already and you can call me Liya," his sister said and I laughed with her.

"Hey it's okay, I'm already embarrassed as it is" Ethan looked at me and smiled.

A couple with a beautiful girl, that could be around my age came over to our table and Ethan stiffened at her voice.

"Hey, Ethan congratulations on your anniversary, and who is this thing?" the blond girl says. I already don't like her, so, I just frowned at her statement. Was she talking to me?

"Thank you, Brittany, but as you can see, we are busy. Good day, Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood" Ethan said, while acknowledging the old couple.

"Congratulations Ethan, I knew you'd do extraordinarily in the company," the old man said, with sincerity.

"Thank you, sir," he said and they left but that girl remained and sat beside Ethan. He shifted away from her, looking extremely uncomfortable.

"So, who are you, girl? Why are sitting beside my Ethan" she said, venom laced at her words, and I just chuckled at her stupid way of getting attention.

My Ethan? If it wasn’t for Ethan’s uncomfortable look, I would have laughed so hard.

"Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Precious, not a thing and certainly not girl and I'm sitting here because I was invited and as you can see, we were discussing before you came," I said with a polite smile and my voice calm but dangerous. Ethan smiled at that. I wasn’t someone who would shrink back when someone disrespects me.

Soon, they play 10,000hrs by Dan, Justin Bieber, and Shay and I see Ethan, stretch his hand out for me to take.

“Can I have this dance my lady?" he gestured and I saw veins popping out of the blond lady’s body and I laughed mentally. Yeah, take that bimbo!

“Why, yes, of course, my good sir" I replied with a fake British accent.

I placed my hand in his and was amazed at how small my hand was in his. It fitted right in. He led me to the dance floor where other couples including his parents are already dancing.

Ethan's POV

She placed her hand on my shoulder and I put mine on her back. We swayed, as we got used to the music.

"Thank you for coming with me," I said sincerely while she just smiled. I could easily say, I liked it when she smiled.

"You’re welcome, I enjoyed the lunches we had" she laughed, as though remembering all the food we ate over the past week.

"Well, I think I'll keep on buying them then. You seem happy around food. I've not seen a girl who doesn't care about what people think when it comes to food" she frowned confused, and I explained.

"I mean all the girls I’ve met, always take a salad to keep their body in shape, I just like the way you eat" it was true, all the girls I met always wanted to impress me by getting salads or non-carb food. It was draining, seeing that.

"Well, I love food and I continued to eat because I found out I can't get fatter than this really" she smiled but I adored her stature. It's adorable and adds to her beauty.

The song ended and we headed back to our table but we were being stopped constantly by people who came to congratulate me.

We took our seats and food is served. She dug into her food, while, I just smiled. It seemed that anything and everything she did, intrigued me. I noticed my parent’s amused faces as she ate gracefully.

The event came to a close with me saying a ‘thank you' speech and I took Precious, back to her apartment.

She came out of the car and I come down too. I've never met a girl who turns down chivalry.

"I had fun tonight. Thanks for taking me" she said with a smile that suited her features so well.

"Is it me or the food you liked?" I teased, as I loved doing that.

"Everything. It was great and your family is wonderful" her soft voice reaches my ears, making me smile at her honesty.

"That’s good to know. You are an amazing person, you know that?” I couldn’t stop myself from saying. It was true, she was different from anyone I’ve ever met. Like a special treasure.

“So, I guess this is goodbye then. You’re done with your lecture at the university, right?” her question made me frown at the thought of not seeing her again.

"How about we continue to have our lunch breaks?" I hoped, she’d say yes because I intend on seeing her every day.

"What about your work?" She asked in a worried tone.

"Even the CEO needs a lunchtime" I smiled and winked, making her roll her eyes.

"I intend to keep seeing you Precious and I'm going to do everything to make that happen" I promised and before I could talk myself out of it, I placed a small kiss on her forehead and mumbled a small ‘thank you’.

"Okay, goodnight," she said and quickly rushed into her apartment.

She was so cute when she blushed. Everything about her intrigued me and I knew I wasn’t getting out of this one easily. Sighing with satisfaction, I entered my car and drove home.