Chapitre 7: The Three Kings
Lena stared at Gary and then back at the waitress.
'Ah right… Lena like bitter coffee while she prefers something sweeter. Ugh..' She had overreacted a bit.
"I don't want this. Get me something sweeter, please." Lena placed the Americano back on the waitress' tray and took a bite of a cranberry scone.
"Is a Cappuccino alright?"
"Mhm," Lena said as she still stuffed scones into her mouth.
"Did you not eat? I didn't order anything else." Gary looked at her.
Lena was acting strange today for him. First, she did not want her usually Americano and now she was eating the scones that he had ordered for himself. She should know that the scones were his.... she told her to get the usual. Gary grumbly stared at her eating the scones peacefully. He did not even eat breakfast today yet. Those scones were going to be his breakfast.
'Wasn't she always saying that she was on a diet? She must be eating a lot due to the breakup.' Gary pondered.
He heard that when girls go through a breakup, they stress eat or cut their hair. He wouldn't want Lena to cut her beautiful hair. Gary smiled and stared at Lena quietly. It was fine if he did not have breakfast. It was not every day that he sees her not her usual self.
Lena forgot her table etiquette for a while there. She had not tasted such well-made dessert before. She wiped her mouth with a napkin before getting serious.
"How good are your computer skills?" She asked.
Gary raised his one of his eyebrows and smiled at Lena. He grabbed one of the scones and took a bite.
"We have been together for a few years now, and you are questioning my skills? Well, I can assure you that every single of my skills is top notch." He spoke, highlighting the word "every."
"..."
"You do not have to worry about any of the jobs you gave me. When have I ever failed you?"
"I am not worried. Why does everyone keep telling me to stop worrying?"
"Maybe because there are some wrinkles showing on your face?"
"AhhHH?" Lena touched her face. She just looked at herself in the car before coming here. She had no wrinkles.
"I am just kidding. You look as stunning as ever, Lena."
"Better be! Or I will show you who has wrinkles!"
Gary was going to grab a scone for himself again, but Leah pulled the whole dish to her. She hugged it like Gary was stealing her food. He backed his hands away.
"I want all the information you have on the three kings." She clarified.
Once again, Lena has asked him to do the impossible.
"That is… if you are skills are top notch as you said." Lena taunted him.
"Heh… of course. But are you not afraid of them? The Lis already banned doing business with your father."
"Afraid?" Lena stared at Gary seriously. "Not one bit. If I have wronged someone, they should wrong me… not my family."
Gary had never seen Lena so strong-willed and not faltering at all. He likes this side of her a lot.
"Now, can you do it or not? I can always ask someone else who is top notch."
"Hey, you can't find anyone better than me. I will absolutely do it with perfect scores."
"You have 24 hours then."
"??!!!!" 24 hours to dig up the deep and dark into the THREE KINGS! It seems like he won't be getting much sleep tonight also.
Lena finished the scones and her cappuccino arrived. She took a sip and smiled. 'Ahhh… sweet caffeine. Home sweet home.'
Gary was awestruck to see her smile so beautiful and relaxed.
"Are you free today?" She asked.
"Hmm?" Gary snapped out from his daze.
"Are you free today?"
'FREE??!! She just assigned him an impossible task and he has only 24 hours to complete it. Of course, he is not free.'
"I want to go shopping today. Seems like you need a… makeover too." Lena stared at what Gary was wearing one more time.
'Shopping with Lena? Does that mean she is going to pick out some clothes for him?! Screw the job and 24 hours… he can do it in 1 hour with his eye closed.'
"En. I am free."
"Great!" Lena tossed her keys to him. "You are driving."
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