TENDING TO THE STORM

CHAPTER 19

Standing in front of casalan blanca's glass doors,staring at the reflection in the mirror .
 
    The driver had dropped her off about a while ago.

      But being carried away by the quiet suit clad gentleman sipping wine at the far end that she could see through the glass pane doors made her heart flutter for a second.
  
   She breathed a nervous sigh.Taking in a deep breath to calm her pulsating heart beat,she smoothed down the invisible wrinkles on her c-cut black gown.

After the unfortunate disaster with her outfit later that day,she had decided to grab the closest thing to being presentable she could find in her closet.Which ended up being a black c-cut gown with double slits along the sides.
  She'd saved up and bought it while she was in school but never got the chance to put it on.Probably because she didn't have anywhere to go to with it.It just ended up being one of her untimely splurges but right now it was serving a purpose.

    The chill breeze caressed her neck and she quickly rubbed her arms chastising herself for her poor life choices right about now.

And that's when her heart stopped,as she stared into those aquamarine blue eyes.

The man in questions stood from his sit with as much majestic grace awarded to that of a prince.
She took a deep breath and walked into the restaurant.

The first thing she noticed was the quiet from all over the room.Considering this was one of the most sought out restaurants in LA.

   For the wealthy and influential of course.

It wasn't supposed to be this empty especially around this time of the year.

"You look beautiful"
She was brought out of her reverie.Caught off guard for a minute, she blushed when the impact of his words finally kicked in.

"Thank you".
She took the seat he offered her.
" But..."She glanced around at the empty room.
"...why isn't anyone else here beside us?"
She was still distracted by the glittering arrays of dish plates and serviette that she barely caught a glimpse of a wolfish grin that plastered Blake's face as he observed her reaction.

Then she gasped."oh my..."
She moved her head closer to Blake,her voice turning considerably low to as low as a whisper for whatever reason she didn't have a clue to yet.
"..don't tell me you bought out the whole restaurant?"

Her facial expression was so priceless that Blake suddenly burst out laughing.She retracted as if she'd been slapped trying to piece in her head what it was that was so funny.

After he quieted down,and her annoyance had dialed down,he responded
"What do 'you' think?"

With one eybrow raised and a smirk forming at the edge of his lips.She answered her own question.
'He did.'

She brought her hands to cup her mouth in shock,then she playfully punched his arm which earned a surprised brow from Blake.

"I don't see why that's a problem"
He added.

" But its so expensive..."she trailed off.
Her eyes scanned the mass ballroom trying to figure out the exact amount it must have cost him to book this whole place.

"So?" His mouth hardened.

She sighed.Then opened her mouth to speak but no words came through.

Blake waited for a response and since a response wasn't forthcoming, he decide to end the subject there.

"Let's just eat and enjoy our meal" he ended.

A little annoyed by his chauvinistic approach,she glared away form him and focused on the food that was being placed before her.

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The scene was very serene and romantic.Like something you would see straight out of a hallmark movie.

She dabbed the corners of her mouth with a napkin and looked up at Blake to find him staring at her.

Her breath hitched in her throat and she spluttered.
Her last swallow going down the wrong pipe.

He abruptly jerked to action,tapping her back soflth while offering her a glass of water.

She tried to save some dignity by pushing him away as she coughed and tried to hide her embarrassment by drinking the water way too fast but it only ended in disaster.She choked.Causing her to break out in yet another feat of coughs.

  After some time after the embarrassing debacle,they resumed their dinner.Blake held her hand from across the table staring into her eyes.

Hers the color of molten lava against the fire.

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"Thank you".she said.

They were walking down driveway,he still had to go back to work and she had to go home.

Neither of them seemed to want to pull away.

"I enjoyed the meal"she added.

"I did too".he pulled her to him and whispered against her lips before going in for a kiss.

It started out as a chaste kiss on the lips,;once,twice, then unexpectedly GE pulled her head down as he kissed her senseless pausing to only catch his breath before dipping his head for another deep kiss.

His breath mingled with hers,their lips meshed together in an erotic dance,he slipped his tongue into her mouth to coil with hers,drinking in the salty justices of her mouth.

She tasted of the wine they had had at dinner.

Still dazed,Lizzy didn't have time to analyses what was going on,until the limo pulled up beside them an Blake tore his lips away from hers abruptly.

Before shoving her gently into the waiting limo.

Once inside he added,
"Why don't we finish what we started?"
He rasped against her lips,a hint of a smirk on his lips right before he kissed her again, passionately.

But lizzy pulled apart from him and Blake growled in annoyance.

"Is something wrong?"

If it wasn't a serious situation,Lizzy would have laughed out hard at the cute expression Jake had on right now.

He looked like a baby that had his candy snatched away from him.

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