Benjamin and Kristi’s past,
Benjamin did everything to see Kristi again. He was like a teenager whenever he saw her from afar. He secretly gives her flowers and chocolates.
Benjamin acted like he was in shock when he saw Kristi jogging, but deep inside he knows her schedule.
“I’m surprised to see you here, Miss Ice,” he exclaimed and followed her running. Kristi didn’t dare to look at him.
“Yeah right, you’re surprised to see me here. I saw you yesterday looking at me from afar,” Kristi mocked him. He smirked.
“And you are secretly giving me flowers, tell me, Mr. Bustamante, what do you want from me?” she asked directly. Benjamin was shocked after hearing it.
He can’t take away Kristi from his head.
“I want to court you, Kristi,” he honestly told her. Kristi’s eyes went wide. She has a crush on Benjamin but it’s not too big for her to gamble everything. She knows her mother will be furious when she finds out everything.
“Why? There’s nothing special on me, Benjamin,” she says and continues running.
“Maybe, let’s have a date first. I wanna know you,’ he sweetly told her and smiled at her.
She sighed. She feels something for Benjamin, she will be a hypocrite if she told him that she didn’t feel the same.
“Alright,” she quickly agreed.
Benjamin jumped happily when Kristi agreed to his invitation.
“Alright, at six in the evening. I will fetch you at your house,” Benjamin said but Kristi reacted quickly.
She can’t trust anyone, especially their servants. Her mother, Margaret, will be furious when she finds out everything.
“Just meet me in the park, I’ll wait for you there,” she simply instructed him. Benjamin nodded his head like a kid, he thought that maybe, Kristi has strict parents.
“Alright, don’t you dare ditch me, or else, I will go to your house,” Benjamin threatened her. Kristi looked at him using her icy eyes again.
“I’m a woman of words, Benjamin. My mother taught me that I need to do whatever I say. And I’ll promise that I won’t ditch you on our date,” Kristi coldly told him and continued her jogging.
Benjamin was left dumbfounded. He shakes his head because he feels amazed at how cool Kristi was. The smile plastered on his face.
“You will fall for me, Kristi, I will make sure of that,” he whispers.
Benjamin is excited to go to the park, but he was frustrated because he didn’t know what clothes he needed to wear.
His mother looked at him with a lot of questions on her face. She went near Benjamin.
“Benjamin, stop doing that! you’re making me nauseous! What’s your problem, honey?” she asked him,
She looked at his son’s clothes and sighed about how messy his room is.
“Are you going on a date?” she questioned him again. Benjamin stopped and looked at his mother with frustration on his face.
“Yes, mommy! I don’t know what clothes I need to wear, what if she didn’t like my clothes!” he exclaimed, making his mother laugh so loud.
“Stop laughing at me, mommy! This is for my future!” his voice is full of annoyance.
He can’t believe his mother!
“You should help me, mom!” Benjamin says again. Her mother looked at his clothes.
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Honey, be who you are, and stop pressuring yourself. Is it Catriona that you will date?” his mother interrogates him.
He rolled his eyes at her.
“No way, she’s my best friend, I love her as my friend, nothing more than mom,” he answers.
His mother feels happy after knowing it, she knows that Catriona and her son were best friends but she didn’t like Catriona to be her daughter-in-law.
“Who’s the lucky one honey?” his mother asks again. Benjamin’s cheeks reddened.
“I met her in the park, she was lost at that time. I feel like I’m gonna have a heart attack at that time mom!” Benjamin narrates to his mother.
His mother nodded her head.
“And then, please continue, honey! I hate waiting,” she ordered.
Benjamin pouted his lips like a kid.
“I helped her to find her house mom, I like her, I’m amazed how cold she was with me. she’s not like another girl who wanted and begged me to get my attention,” Benjamin added.
“Is she pretty?”
“Mom, she’s gorgeous! I love how I meet her mother, I feel like she’s the one!” Benjamin feels the excitement while telling her. Her mother smirked.
“I will help you, honey! you will win her heart, I promise you that!” her mother excitedly said.
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Kristi can’t believe where Benjamin took her. Benjamin scratched his forehead. He was nervous, his mother said that he needs to be true to Kristi.
“I thought we will have dinner?” Kristi can’t help but ask him. Benjamin nervously gulped.
Benjamin took her to a simple porridge house. Kristi had never been there in her whole life, she has a chef in her house.
“You never try here?” Benjamin asks. He was shy.
“Never, my mother doesn’t want me to,” Kristi simply answers his question. She feels amazed at how Benjamin did.
She felt excited and she entered the porridge house and looked inside.
“Their porridge is the best! I always eat here, they have different dishes,” Benjamin told her. The owner looked at them.
“Benjamin, so happy to see you here again, who’s the pretty woman you are with?” The owner was amazed at how Kristi looked. He felt chilly when Kristi looked at her emotionless.
“Wow, I know you’re not an ordinary woman,” The owner blurted. Kristi pursed her lips while looking at the owner.
“You want to try our promo? I have a new game for my business,” The business owner excitedly told them.
Benjamin and Kristi went to the chair and sat. Kristi looked at the promo that the owners told them.
“It’s a ten times spicy porridge with a lot of toppings,” The owner told Kristi.
“I want to try it,” Kristi simply says. Benjamin was shocked, he hates spicy food!
“Kristi, your stomach will ache if you eat spicy food,” Benjamin told her.
“But I’m not, I want to try that special porridge,” she says again. The owner feels happy after knowing it.
“You’re the first customer who will try this,” he informed her and did what Kristi ordered.
Benjamin was surprised when he saw an extra-large bowl of porridge with a lot of toppings.
“You should eat all of this in fifteen minutes, if you don’t eat it all you will pay me alright?” the owner tells her the mechanics of the game.
“But if I finish it? What’s my price?” Kristi asks,
“It’s for free, you don’t need to pay me for everything! Break a leg!” the owner winked at her. Kristi looked at the bowl and the owner told her to start.
There are a lot of customers who watch Kristi eating all of it and they’re amazed.
“Done,” Kristi simply. She touches her stomach.
“I want another one please,” she says and looks at Benjamin who looks at her with admiration in his eyes.
“Are you a woman? Do you eat all of that? Is it spicy?” The owner can’t help questioning everything. It’s too spicy to eat the porridge but why Kristi can?
“I love spicy food.” she shrugged her shoulders. Benjamin ordered his food and gave another extra-large bowl to Kristi.
“Do you have a monster on your stomach?” The owner can’t accept the fact that he loses.
“You lose, and the extra-large bowl will be free again.” Kristi can’t help but smirk. A lot of customers ordered what Kristi ate but they didn’t make it. The owner was happy because Kristi has a lot of profit from his game.
“I like you,” Benjamin can’t help you whisper in her ears. Kristi’s cheeks reddened.
“Your face—-” Kristi cut his words.
“Shut up or else, You won’t date me again,” she simply warned him.
“You mean, we will have a date again?” Benjamin feels his heart beating fast because of Kristi.
“Yes, I like it here,” And for the first time, Benjamin finally saw her smile on her face.
“I like you now Kristi, and I am falling for you,” he whispers again.