Chapter 100: SIMPLE DATE
Frozen, Felix stood and stared at her with a shocked expression. Monica on the other hand waited for him to say something else but he just stared at her.
Sighing, she reached out to him and grabbed the chocolates in his hand before she snapped her fingers in front of his face,
"Felix", she called.
Felix quickly snapped back to reality as he continued to stare at her with starry eyes.
"Are you okay?" Monica asked him and he responded by gently nodding his head, as if he was hypnotized.
"I’m ok", he managed to reply.
Earlier, he had thought that she would reject him but that never happened. ’Could that mean that she loves me?’ he wondered.
"So let’s go", she said and grabbed Felix’s hand which only shocked him even more than he already was. Remembering that her car was packed at the main entrance of the building, she quickly halted her footsteps.
"What’s wrong?" Felix asked her, afraid that she had suddenly changed her mind.
Monica glanced at him before she replied,
"My car is packed at the main gate and we can go there else, we will be spotted by them".
Felix released a huge sigh of relief upon hearing her concerns, he cleared his throat before he said,
"Don’t worry about that. My car is packed around here and not at the front so we can leave without getting spotted by them".
Monica was surprised at first but was also thankful. In no time, they reached Felix’s car, jumped in, and left for wherever her date had planned to take the both of them.
After reaching the restaurant, Felix led her into their private room that Jude had booked on short notice. The waiter handed both of them the menu lists and they selected their meals.
In a short while, the waiter arrived with their order and left.
With their orders placed in front of them, none dared to pick up the spoon to start digging in. An awkward silence had suddenly consumed the room.
Raising her head that had bowed down to stare at her shoes, Monica glanced at Felix, only to find the latter staring back at her. She quickly brought her head back down and continued to stare at her feet.
Felix noticed Monica’s actions and asked,
"Are you not going to eat?"
"I should also ask you the same question", she questioned him back while still admiring her feet, which earned her a chuckle from Felix. "What?" she asked him.
"Nothing", he replied. On the inside, he was beyond delighted that he was on a date with her. But unfortunately at the same time, he was afraid that he could screw things up. "Thank you for coming", he suddenly said, making Monica stare at him with a curious expression before a blush found its way on both sides of her cheeks.
"I know that this is too simple to be called a date but I promise you that the next one we will go to will be perfect", he added with a smile.
"Next?" Monica mumbled under her breath.
"O-of course, our next d-date", he stuttered anxiously.
Monica didn’t reply and simply picked up her spoon and started taking bites from her food which only gave Felix more pressure.
"There will be a next one after this one, right?" he asked her and she responded by shrugging her shoulders.
After releasing a sigh of helplessness, Felix picked up his cutlery as well and started eating as well but the food tasted bland for him due to his sudden change of mood.
Silence continued to reign in the private room and one could only hear the sound of the cutleries until they were done.
The both of them left the private room after they were and Monica didn’t fail to notice how silent Felix had become.
Not wanting to speak with him, Monica moved her head towards the customers in the restaurant who were mostly people in a business suit until her eyes landed on a familiar figure, it was Jake.
Suddenly, a feeling of guilt hit her heart as she darted her eyes from Felix to Jake, who seemed to be in a meeting. Feeling the urge to go meet him, she was about to change her path but a hand gripped hers, stopping her from taking any more steps.
"Where do you think you are going?" The voice asked her and it didn’t seem to be pleased by her actions.
Turning to face Felix who was glaring hard at her, she lost her tongue and couldn’t speak.
"Answer me", he demanded.
"I-I want to s-speak with Jake", she stuttered.
Felix tore his glare away from her and moved it towards his rival who was speaking with two people, one was a man and the other one was a woman.
"And why?" he questioned her.
"I just want to ask for forgiveness from him okay?" she replied with the intention to yank his hand that was hers away but his grip was forcefully tight.
"And forgiveness for what? For loving me?" asked Felix which made Monica realize that she had indirectly revealed to Felix that she still had feelings for him.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" she questioned him with a frown, making him move his eyes back to her, but this time with a raised eyebrow. "I don’t love you, get it into that thick head of yours", she huffed angrily as she continued to yank her hands away from him which only added amusement to his expression.
"Oh really now? So why did you agree to come on a date with me?" he asked her.
"Because I am sorry that you got beaten by Jake last night", she replied firmly.
"Got beaten up?" asked Felix as a slight frown formed on his face. "Look at him, isn’t it obvious that I was the one who nearly ended his life?" he added as he pointed his finger to Jake’s bruised up face.
