“So are you going to feed me now?” he asked and she turned to glare at him.
“You are not paralyzed neither is there anything wrong with your other hand, use it so you can know its usefulness” she turned back around to pack the golden brown buns she was preparing for them for breakfast.
“Oh come on, you agreed not to be mean to me”
“And we agreed you wouldn’t be a jerk to me”
“How am I being a Jerk?” he asked looking at her backside as she put more bun dough in the hot oil.
‘What a nice view’ he thought to himself and smiled.
“Will I get a kiss?” he asked after some time.
“No more kisses for you boy, you’ve used them up for the past week now,” she said.
“Oh man, no more kisses?”
“No more, unless” she looked over her shoulder “You can kiss my behind” then she twerked her butt a bit and his eyes went wide when he saw it shake.
“Gladly” he responded and she turned around to look at him.
“Don’t even try it, I am holding a spatula. A hot one I might add, be careful” she warned and went back to frying.
That is how it has been for them for the past one week since he was discharged from the hospital.
She has been taking good care of him and making sure his healing process is going fine, she even had to postpone her trip to L. A, so she can have enough time to take care of him.
He asked that she treat him like she would treat a man she loved and that is what she was doing.
Thankfully his left arm doesn’t hurt that much but he keeps saying it hurts like hell and she knows very well he is lying.
He is just enjoying the treatment and attention he was getting from her and is taking advantage of his injuries.
“I wonder what kind of man you are” she muttered and shook her head.
“Oh… oww” he groaned and she turned around with a frown lacing her features.
“Dimitri Miguel Lorenzo, that wouldn’t work on me. You are definitely taking advantage of your injuries” she said already vexed by him.
“What? Cant a man ask for attention”
“If a real man wants one, he should ask like a real man would” she retort then turned off the stove and packed the remaining bun inside the sieve then placed it on the counter in front of Dimitri.
He sat up properly and looked over all the buns she fried and the oatmeal she placed in front of him then he scrunched his face and looked at her to see a questioning look on her face.
“Why do you have your face like that?”
“I don’t like oat”
“I wasn’t the one who said you had to take it and mind you, these past days you’ve been taking it without any complaint, what is the problem now?” she folds her arms and glared at him.
“Well, those past days, you weren’t mean to me” he shrugged and she rolled her eyes.
“So I am been mean now?”
He nods and she smile in return.
“Good, so now eat up so it doesn’t get cold”
“I am not eating it” he leaned back and crossed his arms making his biceps pop and adding a frown to the show.
She looked at his biceps as they flexed on their own, or maybe he is intentionally doing it. Him wearing just a wife beater wasn’t in any way helping matters.
She looked away and cleared her throat then looked back at him with a poker face.
“Well, I am not the injured one here honey” she leaned in and flashed him a smile then batted her eyelashes.
“Whatever” he picked up the spoon and put a spoonful of oatmeal in his mouth and chewed a bit before swallowing then took three buns from the plate and put two in his mouth.
“Didn’t know you eat this way”
“You made me, don’t question how a man eats, don’t question how I eat,” he said gruffly and she just giggled then put some oatmeal in her bowl and sat in front of him to eat also.
A phone rang and they both looked at each other then checked their phones at the same time and saw that it was Audriana’s phone. They looked at each other again before she looked away to answer the call.
He frowned a bit as he ate and watched her speak to the person on the other line.
“Oh… really? That is great news then” she glanced at him to him frowning and looked away immediately.
“Sure… I had to push the day because of a little accident that happened here” she looked at him when she said it and he was already leaning in with his elbows resting on the table.
He mouthed ‘what?’ and she just shrugged and continued talking to the person on the other line.
“Okay, I will reschedule my flight for the day after tomorrow then…” he stopped eating and frowned at her “Thank you so much, okay, take care… bye”
She placed her phone on the counter and sat up straight then looked at Dimitri who had his eyes narrowed in her direction.
“Who was that? You are going to where? Was that the Philip guy? You are going somewhere with him?” he bombarded her with so many questions and she looked at him surprised with his questions after questions.
“Woah there, man. What’s with these questions?” she held her hands up as if to stop him.
“I am not going anywhere with Philip. I have an event I am hosting in LA that I was supposed to attend this past week but you had an accident so I had to shift it and wait for everything to be sorted before leaving”
“And you didn’t bother telling me?” he inquired looking angry.
“Telling you what? What is wrong with you Dimitri?” she asked with her hands placed on her hips and he glared at her. “Philip has not been around for a while now and…” she trailed not knowing what to say.
She didn’t know why she needed to assure him Philip was nowhere close to her. It was none of his business but she just wanted him to know.
“And?” he asked with clenched teeth.
She shrugged then folded her arms and glared at him.
“It’s with Earl?”
She threw her hands up in the air and rolled her eyes.
What was his problem this time? At least they were been civil with each other, did he like how they went back and forth at each other? Why does he have to look for something to say? Why? Just why?
“I don’t see why there is any need for you to know my whereabouts or anything about me. If being nice to you these past few days is what is making you think you can demand things from me like we are real lovers, boy checks properly.” he looked at her with a frown as she talked.
“I told you from start, it’s just because you were injured and you shouldn’t take it personally, but it seems you are more than taking advantage of it. I have told you what you need to know. Stop with all the weird questions”
“As I have told you earlier, it’s an event I am hosting in LA and that is all you need to know. I really don’t understand why you are asking me these silly questions, you made it clear to me almost every time that whatever is between us is just an act” she said.
She saw his eyes go wide before they returned back to their normal size but this time his looks weren’t angry, they held no emotions as he looked at her. All the playfulness and all emotions disappeared and she swallowed and looked down.
“Yeah, you are right. Thanks for the breakfast” he said and stood up then stretched and walked away.
She watched as he left the kitchen and didn’t complain about feeling any pain. Normally he would have said something that would bring her closer to him but he felt no pain after her outburst on him.
“That was his playful side” she muttered and shook her head then slouched and smacked her forehead for lashing out on him like that.
She didn’t know what made her lash out on him in that manner but she felt like she didn’t want him to insult her first and decided to take the first shot.
“I guess that will keep him off my neck for a while” she shrugged and picked up his empty bowl and the remaining buns.
She lost her appetite already and just wanted to go prepare for her trip and not think of anything else.