An Arranged Marriage - Episode 27

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He pulls my seat out for me and I settle into it, he pushes it back in.

I watch him as he takes his seat and I get hit with a bout of nervousness.

The waiter arrives and he takes our order, Kane waits for me to order first and I do, before he does too.

He has brought me to the restaurant he was in the day I approached him.

And we are seating right at the place where he sat that day.

If the waiter /bodyguard recognizes me he doesn't bat a lash.

Just takes our order and leave.

I glance at him again to see the broody look on his face.

He was like that when he came to pick me up earlier, only helping settle into the car and making sure my foot was comfortable.

He looks preoccupied with something and I get hit with another wave of nerves.

I don't know how to tell him that I thought about his offer and I'm going to refuse.

"Are you alright?" I ask. He looks to me distractedly, his eyes lifting from his phone.

"What?"He asks

" I'm trying not to be offended that you are distracted while I'm sitting across from you"i say teasingly.

He takes it seriously.

"I'm sorry I'm awful company this evening" He says, leaning forward, putting his attention on me.

I lean forward too, resting my elbow on the table and placing my face in my palm.

We are totally engrossed in each other.

His hands comes up to tug on a strand of my hair and I watch as his eyes take it all in.

"You have a thing for my hair don't you?" I ask.

"I have a thing for you" He replies . And I refuse to think about how that makes me go gooey inside.

"So, what happened?" I ask.

"What happened with what?" He replies, his hands still tugging on that strand of hair.

"You were distracted" I say.

"I'm having a bit of a hard time with the board, we lost a shipment at sea last night, we are still trying to salvage the wreck" He says and I think how he actually still made time to see me even when he had a bad day at work

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"I made a lot of looses, nothing too serious though, but it's gonna make work peaky for a while" He says.

"Like how much are we talking about?" I ask.

"More or less a hundred million" He says and I gasp, he watchea me do this before leaning back in his seat.

"You do know I'm rich yes?" He asks slowly, as if trying to figure out something.

I don't know where this is going so I answer uncertainly.

"Uh.. Yes?" I answer, confused.

"Good, I'm a very rich and powerful person Ani, you must understand that however much you think I'm worth, multiply it by a hundred, that's actually how much I'm worth" He says simply, no hint of arrogance, simply stating a fact.

"Wow" I say and he smiles, leaning forward.

"You look lovely this evening" He says and I blush.

"You don't look half bad yourself" I say and he smirks.

" Having thoughts about me are you? "

" You wish "I reply.

A waiter approaches with a bottle of wine and I watch as he drops it, Kane picks it up to pour me a glass and he watches me take a sip.

" Hmmm" I hum at the rich taste and flavor bursting in my mouth.

"That wine is over 60 years old, you seemed to enjoy the last one we had, so I made this one available for you" He says and I nod..

"What spirits do you prefer?" He asks.

"Spirits? I ask, confused.

" Whiskey? Brandy? Cognac? Gin? "He asks with a grin, all is attention on me.

" Um.. I've always been interested in how tequila tastes "I say in a whisper.

He lifts his hands again to tug on my hair.

" My girl has a dark side" He says and I feel my heart beat extra fast, he called me his girl, jesus, I sound like an attention starved teen.

"Um." I don't know what to do with that. The waiter approaches and he serves us our food, I watch Kane tuck into his... You guessed it.. Beef.

I just sip my chicken soup.

"Eat your meal, I'm going to get you acquainted with that dark side of yours baby" He says with a grin, his dimples pop out.

My eyes! My eyes! I can't see beyond the magnificence that is his dimples.

But I sober up quickly when my decision flits through my mind.

"Caspian?" I call and his fork stop on its way to his mouth.

"l..."

"You decided not to marry me" He says softly and i shake my head.

"Why?" he asks.

"It's just too soon, we barely know each other" I say and he nods.

"Okay darling, eat your meal, I still have to get you drunk" He says and surprise flits through me.

"Aren't you angry?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Why darling? You made a decision for your self, that's all you, i have to respect that, all my life I've had easy, but you are going to make me work for it, darling I want to work for it" He says with dark promise and I can only imagine how he will work for it.

"You always say the right things" I blurt and his dimples pop out again.

"Why don't you finish your meal first babe? Before you say stuff that's liable to get you kissed" He says and I duck my head, suddenly interested in the chicken soup in front of me.

He laughs, a dark sensual thing..

And when I feel his gaze lift, I raise my head to stare at him, looking for any sign of pretence.

But I get none, he's not angry, he meant what he said, he's going to work for it, for me and i know he will too.

I feel the gooey mess that is my stomach begin to swish.

I begin to remember all the little things he's done this past few days, how he opens doors for me, pour me wine, let me order first, lay a hand atop my waist to steady me as I walk.

Individually this may seem like nothing but cumulatively they mean a lot.

This was the way papa treated mama when she was alive, I always wanted to have that.

He lifts his head to see me watching him, he just brings his fork to my mouth and my lips close around it.

He watches me chew before going back to his meal.

His hands stretches out and entwines mine atop the table unconsciously and that gooey mess in my stomach slushes again.

"Eat your meal babe" He says not lifting his head.

I nod then I eat my meal.

Good morning.

I'm sorry yesterday, just that I lost my drafts, it was really frustrating writing this chapter three times so I just gave up.

I was feeling bad.

Forgive me.

I've poured everything I have into this chapter and I hope you like it.