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I return to my room with a stack of pancakes and orange juice. I don’t have much in my kitchen since I rarely cook. Dropping the food by her side, I kiss her on the cheek and she sighs in her sleep.
“You are late for work, Miss Ortiz,” I whisper into her ear and her eyes flutter open. She gives me a confused look.
“What?” She looks adorable.
“You are excused. Don’t worry; the boss is a very understanding man.” I bring the food closer to her and watch joy replace the sleep in her eyes.
She sits up and drags the food closer to her before giving me a weird look. “You shouldn’t talk about yourself like that. You are far from an understanding boss.”
“You wound me, Miss Ortiz,” I tell her and she scoffs, taking a bite of the pancake and moaning in satisfaction. “You like it?” She nods happily and I smile.
She suddenly perks up. “I can’t take a day off. Harry and Cecilia’s wedding is the day after tomorrow.”
“And you have worked so hard in preparation for the day. A day off won’t harm you.” She considers it and shrugs, going back to her food.
“Anything happens, I’m telling Cecilia it was your fault.” She points her fork at me. I smile in acceptance, though I hope nothing goes wrong. Coming face to face with that ragingBridezillais the last thing I want to experience.
“So what do you want to do today? You have my full attention for the entire day,” I tell her and she narrows her eyes at me.
“If this is your way of making up for the other night,” she intensifies her glare and leans towards my face, “you are forgiven.” She leans away and gives me a bright smile before going back to her food. I laugh at her comical attempt.
“So what do you want to do?” I ask again.
“I would really love it if we could just stayindoors.” She looks at me for approval and I nod.
“For today, whatever you say goes.”
Bella spends most of the morning sleeping in. I had no idea anyone could sleep this long. I use the time she is sleeping to go though some pending files I had not had the time to look at.
“Don’t tell me you are working,” I hear her say beside me and I turn towards her. She rubs her eyes and glares at me from her position on the bed. “You need a new hobby.”
I bend down and kiss her forehead. “Good afternoon, sleepy head.” I emphasize the time of the day and she rolls her eyes.
“Let’s watch a movie or something. Anything to get you away from those papers.” She gets off the bed and stretches. “But first I’ve got to freshen up.” She takes a whiff of her breath and grimaces.
“There is an extra toothbrush and every other thing in the bathroom,” I tell her and she heads in that direction. “We could continue the movie we started yesterday,” I say hopefully. We had not even gotten to the good part before she dozed off.
“Not happening,” she says as she opens the bathroom door. “I know that movie. Don’t think I don’t know what you were trying to do, Mr. Hunt.”
We end up watching some rom-com that has Bella laughing and me cringing at the stupid things people do for love. She likes the movie so much we end up watching part two. I already wanted out at the start of part one.
After the movie, I look outside to see the sun setting. “How about a midnight stroll? I know this really good barbeque joint.”
She gives me a perplexed look. “You always came off as the obsessive healthy eater to me.”
“I can givea full speech on the dangers of openly grilled meat, but I seem to remember you used to have quite the thing for them.”
“I still do.” She gives me a bright smile.
At the restaurant, Bella’s face lights up and she happily orders their spiciest meat available. I order a cup of water.
“You used to have this exact same look on your face on barbeque day.” I smile at the memory.
“And you used to have a look of disdain on your face whenever I scarfed down more than my portion of meat.”
I shrug as her order arrives, but she is not paying attention to me again. With a mixture of horror and adoration, I watch my petite girlfriend finish something that would make me turn red from just a bite. She washes it all down with a cup of milk and smiles at me. “Been a while since I did that. Thank you.”
“Whatever makes you happy,”I say with another shrug.
