he said, that smile playing on his lips again. “You know I had to try out the new goods.”
I glanced at my bowl of still dry cereal and nodded my head.
“Great,” he said, a dazzling smile breaking on his face.
“It’s all ready.”
I considered putting something more covering on but after a moment thought there really wasn’t much point.
He’d already seen me as I was, several times.
I followed him up the stairs and my mouth started to water as the scent of bacon filled my nose. My stomach instantly growled, in an embarrassingly loud manner.
Surprising, considering how infrequently I did eat, I didn’t think I was actually hungry.
Alex chuckled as we came to the main floor. “Just in time it sounds like.”
Shock spread on my face as I took a look at the table.
He must have been up for much longer than I had realized.
The table was filled with piles of bacon, sausage, eggs, and pancakes. The new look of the kitchen was surprising.
Everything had a new bright gleam as the light danced across all the sterling silver surfaces.
“Hope you’re hungry,” he said as he walked to the table and pulled a chair out for me. “I got a little carried away this morning.”
I took the seat he offered and noticed as my cheeks flushed red that the pancakes were pink and shaped into hearts.
Alex took the seat next to me and started dishing food onto his plate. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” he said as he glanced up at me for a moment.
I instantly stiffened for a moment. The pancakes and the big breakfast instantly made sense. I had almost forgotten that this day was upon us. It took me only a moment to calm down by reminding myself that I didn’t have to face the hypocritical novelties of the holiday as long as I didn’t go out. The white fluffy stuff on the ground was certainly going to prevent that.
“And to you as well,” I finally managed to squeak out.
“How’d you sleep last night?” he asked after swallowing a huge bite of eggs.
I nearly choked on my orange juice as it went down. I coughed violently for a second before I could speak. “Fine,” I lied as I put the glass back down, before I could accidently spill it.
“You okay?” he asked and I couldn’t tell if his tone was sincere or slightly amused.
“Ya,” I said as I dabbed a napkin at my mouth to make sure there was nothing embarrassing there. “How do you like your new fancy stove?” I asked, trying to very quickly change the subject before I had to lie any more.
This instantly brought a smile to his face. “It’s awesome,” he said with that huge grin on his face. “And I even had all six burners on this morning. Though I may not have actually been using them all,” he added a little more quietly.
Food threatened to spray across the table as a laugh burst from my lips. Embarrassment washed over me immediately and I tried to cover it by shoveling another forkful into my mouth. I savored every bite as it went down.
I couldn’t remember the last time I’d had a hot breakfast, much less one that was this good.
“So what are your plans for the day?” he asked.
I swallowed a large bite of bacon before I spoke.
“Don’t really have any. I certainly won’t be going anywhere,” I said as I looked out the window.
“There’s no lucky man on his way to take you out for a romantic Valentines?” he said with a wry smile.
I felt myself blush again under his gaze. “Nope, can’t say there is,” I said. “What about you? Is there some woman you’re going to rush off to later to pick up?” He gave a slight laugh. “Relationships have been pretty hard to maintain for me. It’s a little difficult to have them when you’re running all over the world. And I learned very quickly that long distance relationships just don’t work out.”
What he said made sense but part of me was shocked that this gorgeous specimen before me could possibly be single.
“At least we’ve got each other today,” he said as he looked
I glanced at my bowl of still dry cereal and nodded my head.
“Great,” he said, a dazzling smile breaking on his face.
“It’s all ready.”
I considered putting something more covering on but after a moment thought there really wasn’t much point.
He’d already seen me as I was, several times.
I followed him up the stairs and my mouth started to water as the scent of bacon filled my nose. My stomach instantly growled, in an embarrassingly loud manner.
Surprising, considering how infrequently I did eat, I didn’t think I was actually hungry.
Alex chuckled as we came to the main floor. “Just in time it sounds like.”
Shock spread on my face as I took a look at the table.
He must have been up for much longer than I had realized.
The table was filled with piles of bacon, sausage, eggs, and pancakes. The new look of the kitchen was surprising.
Everything had a new bright gleam as the light danced across all the sterling silver surfaces.
“Hope you’re hungry,” he said as he walked to the table and pulled a chair out for me. “I got a little carried away this morning.”
I took the seat he offered and noticed as my cheeks flushed red that the pancakes were pink and shaped into hearts.
Alex took the seat next to me and started dishing food onto his plate. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” he said as he glanced up at me for a moment.
I instantly stiffened for a moment. The pancakes and the big breakfast instantly made sense. I had almost forgotten that this day was upon us. It took me only a moment to calm down by reminding myself that I didn’t have to face the hypocritical novelties of the holiday as long as I didn’t go out. The white fluffy stuff on the ground was certainly going to prevent that.
“And to you as well,” I finally managed to squeak out.
“How’d you sleep last night?” he asked after swallowing a huge bite of eggs.
I nearly choked on my orange juice as it went down. I coughed violently for a second before I could speak. “Fine,” I lied as I put the glass back down, before I could accidently spill it.
“You okay?” he asked and I couldn’t tell if his tone was sincere or slightly amused.
“Ya,” I said as I dabbed a napkin at my mouth to make sure there was nothing embarrassing there. “How do you like your new fancy stove?” I asked, trying to very quickly change the subject before I had to lie any more.
This instantly brought a smile to his face. “It’s awesome,” he said with that huge grin on his face. “And I even had all six burners on this morning. Though I may not have actually been using them all,” he added a little more quietly.
Food threatened to spray across the table as a laugh burst from my lips. Embarrassment washed over me immediately and I tried to cover it by shoveling another forkful into my mouth. I savored every bite as it went down.
I couldn’t remember the last time I’d had a hot breakfast, much less one that was this good.
“So what are your plans for the day?” he asked.
I swallowed a large bite of bacon before I spoke.
“Don’t really have any. I certainly won’t be going anywhere,” I said as I looked out the window.
“There’s no lucky man on his way to take you out for a romantic Valentines?” he said with a wry smile.
I felt myself blush again under his gaze. “Nope, can’t say there is,” I said. “What about you? Is there some woman you’re going to rush off to later to pick up?” He gave a slight laugh. “Relationships have been pretty hard to maintain for me. It’s a little difficult to have them when you’re running all over the world. And I learned very quickly that long distance relationships just don’t work out.”
What he said made sense but part of me was shocked that this gorgeous specimen before me could possibly be single.
“At least we’ve got each other today,” he said as he looked
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