79: A date

Aria couldn't believe that those words had come out of her mouth. It was a reflex, before she could stop herself; they had already popped out.

"Huh? You said, "What?"Robert asked, amusement lining his tone.

"Oh, nothing," she replied shyly.

"Nah, you asked if you were not already mine? Isn't it?"

"You heard, so why are you asking again?"

"I just wanted to be sure because I loved the sound of that." He replied.

"Me too." Aria muttered and facepalmed, a wide grin across her face.

"How about we both don't go to work today, just so we could go to a very nice spot to hang out?" He suggested.

"That will be very nice." Aria loved the idea.

"Deal then." Robert spoke up, and they flirted a little before they ended the call. If it were before, Aria would have kicked against the idea of leaving work just to hang out, but seeing that she got to spend time with the person she really liked made her happy, so she gave into the idea. Aria was learning to live in the moment and enjoy herself. She drown