CHAPTER 14 ~ Saving a Puppy ~
[XAVIER'S POV]
As I kept munching on the juicy prawn, I felt as if the taste was exceptionally more delicious today. I, Xavier Gray, who never used my hands to eat anything, especially in a restaurant, did just that. It was refreshing! Her face looked like she was in pure bliss while devouring those prawns. It made me curious, so I mechanically followed her example to enjoy a new experience. It was so damn good to the point that I couldn’t believe that I had never tried it that way before.
As I glanced at her way, I found her watching me with a baffled expression. Feeling a little embarrassed, I rubbed the back of my neck with my hand.
“What?”
She chuckled lightly and then shifted her eyes greedily to the prawns.
“Nothing, did you like it, Mr. President?”
Indifferently, I hummed in agreement but then my eyes fixated on her moist lips. She had ketchup on the corner of her mouth.
“Miss Young, you have some sauce on your mouth,” I said.
She lifted up her innocent eyes to look at me. Pointing at the wrong spot, she asked, “Here?”
Shaking my head, I said, “No, a little left.”
Again she pointed at the wrong spot.
“Right here, then?”
My patience had reached its limits and I grabbed a napkin.
Angrily, I ordered, “Come here.”
Looking stunned for a moment, she slowly leaned her face over the table so I could reach her. Swiftly using to the napkin, I wiped off her the ketchup from her supple lips. I couldn’t help but be drawn to her attractive mouth. Not even a second went by before I started to wonder how it would feel to devour these delicious lips. My thoughts were growing more rampant as I sat there mesmerized by her mouth.
“Mr. President?”
I heard her soft tone and I quickly jerked off my hands off her lips. Knowing that my face would show my embarrassment, I couldn’t even look at her.
“It's done, Miss Young. Let's finish our lunch. Tomorrow, you will be visiting Eden International Limited,” I mumbled.
She nodded slightly and then went back to eating.
My mind was spinning. Did I act too intimate? What's happening to my asexuality? I wasn’t bothered at all by being so close to her. On the contrary, I wanted to get closer. I wanted… more.
The rest of the meal went by quietly as we both were enraptured by the delicious food. She continued to peel the prawns for me and I greedily continued to devour each one. For the first time, I enjoyed my life acting like a normal unruly person and I was enjoying the experience. If I was to be truthful, I sometimes craved and envied the freedom that others took for granted.
We only touched our red wine at end of our lunch. My eyes were still on her lips as she sipped her wine and without warning she shot a glance towards me. I quickly averted my gaze.
“Why am I being like this?” I thought.
After finishing off our lunch, I paid the bill and headed outside towards the black car leaving her to trail behind me.
[IRIS'S POV]
I spotted his bodyguards that surrounded the entire restaurant as we walked out together. It was midday and the sun was heating the earth with its warmth. I loved feeling of it on my face and, with my stomach extremely full, I started to feel drowsy. As it was lunchtime, the road was empty as the industrious workers of the city were taking their breaks at home or in their office.
My eyes vacantly fell on the empty street where I spotted a little white puppy. It was briskly crossing the road and seemed clueless about its surroundings. Watching at how cute its timid steps were while crossing the road, I couldn’t help but smile. Suddenly, I heard a loud horn from the opposite side of the road. Seeing a huge loaded truck coming straight towards the puppy, my expression was filled with horror. I gasped loudly, threw away my purse in an unknown direction and took off running. Grabbing the puppy as fast as I could without thinking twice, I heard the truck driver yelling at me to get out of the way. Vaguely, I saw the driver was desperately trying to stop the truck. Not moving an inch, I held the puppy tightly like a precious treasure and watched in fear as the vehicle came barreling towards us. I was so terrified I couldn’t move. Reflexively, I squeezed my eyes shut. However, in the next moment, I felt my frozen body being roughly pulled back. I gasped in terror and fell down on the street.