I Am Yours, Mr Chevalier!
The Part 20
The aroma of cooking is so delicious that it is smelled from the narrow kitchen of Laras. Ben seems to be busy with his cooking. Barrel watched him from behind the sofa.
"I can help you!" exclamation Baras.
"I can handle it, just stay where you are" Ben refused.
Barrels flicked his shoulders. "Just give it up,"
muttered. Straighten it both feet that feel sore. A barrel who felt very tired laid his body on the sofa. Then the girl fell asleep.
Half an hour passed Ben had finished preparing dinner. The man smiled at the results of his cooking which was now served on the table.
Ben turned to the sofa where Laras was waiting. Only the legs Laras alone are seen poking from the edge of the sofa.Ben squealed his forehead.
"By the way, dinner is ready!" call him. But the girl did not answer. Ben approached the girl who was sleeping.
Ben's smile expands. He looked at the girl's face up close. It's sweet, Ben nodded. Deluskus cheek Barrel with the back of his hand. The girl opened her eyes. It was shocked to realize Ben's face was so close to his.
"Geez, Ben .. you shared me!" his screeches.
"Oops, I'm so sorry .. I intend to wake you up, dinner is ready," said Ben with a smile still lying on his lips.
"Owh, okay." Barrel got up from the sofa and stepped towards the dining table. Her hair looks messy. He tied his long black hair with a hair string coiled around his wrist.
Barrel rounded his eyes when he saw the dish neatly arranged on the table. There are two menus. All are c**hinese food. Looks delicious and appetizing. A plate of Hainan chicken and on other plates there is sauteed kailan with a thick sauce. In his heart Laras was amazed that a Benjamin Chevalier could cook all this for him.
"I hope you like it" Ben said as he approached Laras. Then pull out a chair to sit on the girl. Like a gentleman.
"You can cook all this?" ask Laras while sitting on a chair. Then fill the empty plate.
"There's something called Youtube" Ben said.
The barrel feeds itself with pieces of chicken and also vegetables.
"Hmm .. It's delicious," he said.
Ben smiles. There was relief clearly drawn on his face. Not just because Laras likes his cooking. But the girl did not seem to be upset anymore.
"So, did you accept my apology?" ask Ben on the sidelines for their dinner.
"About Claire's arrival this afternoon."
The barrel almost choked. A glass of water next to his plate.
"You're so funny, your girlfriends can come visit you whenever they want,
it has nothing to do with me." The barrel laughed a little, covering up
an excruciating pain in the recesses of his heart.
"Claire isn't my girlfriend, nor is Sidney . I have nothing to do with them, just a date" Ben said.
"You're really weird, why are you explaining all this to me?" ask Laras. His chest pounded.
"Because I like you."
The heart of Laras seemed to stop hearing the words of such a dazzling man before him. Ben's blue eyes shone a light of earnestness there.
"You're kidding me" said Laras. Trying not to take Ben's words seriously.
"All right, I'm just kidding" Ben said,
forcing laughter.
The Heart of Barrel melos. Frisson. Yes of course Ben was joking. What do you expect Laras, you idiot, that girl is cursing herself.
"Two days away from Columbia's birthday,
are you ready?" asked Ben to switch the conversation. And break the silence that happened a while between them.
"Ah yeah, I think so," replied Laras.
Ben smiles. The two again dissolved in each other's minds while spending the rest of the dinner in silence.
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