Chapter 36
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” What the hell?” She gasped staring at Chris in all his glory flashing her his billion-dollar smile. She pinched herself to see whether she was dreaming but he was there in front of her
” You look beautiful as usual” Chris whispered to her brushing a strand of her wild locs behind her ear.
” Hi. What are you doing here?” She sucked in a breath, doing a double take at him from head to toe to make sure that she wasn’t dreaming.
” Just here to make the day special for you,” he said with a wider grin that made him look more like a boy.
He was dressed in a casual outfit which did not do justice to hiding his well-sculptured body. His hair was more than messy as if he had just gotten out of bed that morning. Even without the well-tailored outfit, Sophie was used to, he still managed to look like something out of her fairytale.
He took long strides moving closer to her, engulfing her in a warm hug. She lost some reasonable brain cells as she breathed in his cologne, His masculine scent manage to override her curiosity about how strange the day was getting. Even though they saw each other two days before and they had a long conversation on the phone when she and Kayla were unpacking and arranging the apartment a day before. She missed him a lot. Is this how having deep feelings for someone felt like? She doesn’t know but she loves how warm it makes her feel a lot.
When released her from the hug, he took her hand and led them to the snacks section to get them some popcorn. Something whispered to Sophie in her head, reminding her that Kayla left minutes ago to get the same thing for them. As the lady handed the popcorn and the soda to Chris, she also made sure to accompany it with a sultry smile and a feeble attempt to show Chris her cleavage. Sophie scrunched her face in disgust, she reminded her of the lady at that restaurant Chris took her to at their first date slash meeting.
Without knowing where the confidence came from, Sophie gave the lady a glare so cold that could freeze the entire theatre without saying a word. Thank God the airhead mistress got the hint and rid herself of the stupid smile as Chris made the payment.
After making the payment, he turned back to his woman unaware of what just happened. Sophie plastered a fake smile quickly and took some of the snacks from him. But what about Kayla?
” Are you thinking about Kayla?” Chris asked as if he was reading her thoughts.
” Yes,” she nodded.
” She is long gone already. I only asked her to be here for me” Popping popcorn into his mouth he replied as if it was the most natural thing ever.
” You don’t have to make her bring me here you know. Besides, why won’t I want to go on a movie date with you?” Sophie pouted making him smile at her cuteness.
” I just felt like it. Like a surprise or something? I even asked her to make you a wonderful breakfast” Chris said proudly but stopped smiling when he saw the horrified expression on Sophie’s face.
” Oh, my God! I wish you didn’t” Sophie said as they enter the corridor leading to the main Cinema.
” Why?”
” When it comes to Kayla, the word wonderful and breakfast is paradoxical. She is never a morning person and when she cooks in the morning. It is always a disaster. I appreciate the thought though but if you had tasted what she made me, you would be on your way to finding a new tongue right now” She said with a shudder that almost looks so funny to Chris.
” Was it that bad?” Chris asked holding his laugh.
” She cooked salt and added eggs, Jesus Christ. I felt as if I was eating Lot’s wife” She said and burst into laughter spilling some popcorn in the process. He couldn’t help but laugh, it was a bit dramatic to him.
” We have had this arrangement ever since we started living together at the dorm. I cook in the mornings well more of sandwiches anyways but they are edible. Kayla cooks in the evening, she is a great cook. She and mornings don’t just mix” Sophie said rolling his lead as he opened the door for her. He smiled as he noticed that this was the very first conversation he had seen her as very talkative as this.
” I will keep that in mind the next time my queen,” he said ushering her to their seat.
” Are you sure you don’t remember what today is?” Chris asked her as they took their seats. She thought long and hard but she had a time remembering if there is anything special happening that day but she couldn’t remember anything.
” No please tell me,” She said with a shrugged shoulders, she knew everything was strange ever since Kayla brought that breakfast but she couldn’t wrap her head around what made the day special.
” But this is strange, why is it so empty?” Sophie asked looking around and there was nobody except both of them in the theatre.
“It’s just for both of us,” He said with a very calm face that Sophie stared at blankly for a while until it finally clicked in her brain that he rent the entire theatre for them.
” But…” she started but he shushed her by placing his fingers on her lips.
” I just want a quiet date with you,” he said with a husky voice that got her face redder with blush. She had told him she wanted things simple without extravagant spending of money before they started dating officially. And he agreed but renting a whole theatre just to watch a movie? That was not normal. She pouted as she finally took her seat beside him, wondering what movie they were going to watch.
It was when the light came on the big screen she finally knew which it was that Kayla picked. The new live-action Little Mermaid movie.
” Did you pick the movie?” Sophie asked Chris amusingly.
” No I asked Kayla to do it” he shrugged his shoulder not aware of what was going on already. Sophie snickered inwardly, wondering how the self-absorbed Billionaire beside is going to survive through the Disney movie.
” Little mermaid? Really?” Chris groaned after seeing the title displayed on the screen. She snickered beside him, trying to control the wave of laughter threatening to explode. His expression was more than priceless.
” Do you know how many times Liya made me watch this?” Chris muttered.
” So you rented an entire theatre without knowing what the movie is?” Sophie snickered. She was starting to enjoy the moment with the expression on Chris’s face.
“it’s the new live-action remake, it came out like two days ago?” Sophie said earning herself a cold stare from Chris. stick out her tongue at him before turning to face the movie.
” It’s still the same story. The only difference is the cartoon and real people” He argued and she hummed sipping her soda trying to concentrate on the movie.
The movie finally starts and they stopped talking. While her eyes were glued to the screen with a smile that reflects her wonderful childhood when her mother was still alive. They shared the same love for Disney movies and princesses, and although Ariel was not her favorite it still made her wonder what it could have been like to see the movie with her mother.
While she watched with the most mesmerizing expression on her face, he watched her. He did not even take his eyes off her for a second, even when she caught him staring at her as if just watching her completes his entire day. He never took his eyes off her even when she started singing along off-key to the songs in the movie. He just shook his head and laughed at how cute she looked.
” Liya will like you a lot” He whispered to her and she blushed. She was supposed to meet the little girl on the weekends and she has been anxious about meeting the other female that mattered to Chris apart from her and his mother.
She always wondered if Liya was anything like Chris or Cecilia, his bitter ex-wife, or probably like Matilda, the wonderful woman that only wants her only son’s happiness.
” I hope we will be besties” she replied to him with a smile that mirrors his. They continued the normal movie routine, she watches the movie while he watches her. At the point where Prince Eric and Ariel were about to kiss, she stared at Chris awkwardly, tilting her head forward to place a soft kiss on his lips. He grabbed her chin and kissed her passionately, pouring out every emotion he had ever felt for anyone into the kiss. And like the first time he had kissed her, the kiss was more than perfect.
When the movie ended, both of them went to the park on foot while holding hands. It was another day for Chris to forget he was a billionaire, and just live his life normally around the woman he loves. Unlike Cecilia, Sophie doesn’t care much about gifts and material things, she just wanted everything to be normal between them and he promised her to make the best out of everything but he tends to go extreme sometimes, like what he was going to reveal later in the day with the help of Kayla, Max, and Noah.
After feeding the birds at the park, riding bicycles together, and chasing each other around laughing like kids. They were exhausted and it was getting dark already so he called his driver to drop them at Sophie’s apartment.
They both were painfully quiet on their way home and even when they got on the elevator. It was very awkward and weird but Sophie just blamed it on the tiredness.
The first thing Sophie found weird while she was punching in her password was Chris’s breathing. He appeared nervous but still maintained that cool demeanor. What greeted her immediately after she opened the door was mind-blowing.
” Surprise! Happy birthday to you”