Chapter 16

Ava's pov

Not knowing what else to do and it being late to turn around I continued to walk over to the table.

"Ava nice of you to join us" Damien spoke upon seeing my return.

Mr. Morgan and his company immediately turned around to my direction.

My boss seemed shocked to see me, but it went as fast as it appeared.

"Ava... I didn't know you were going to be here" Mr. Morgan spoke first.

"Hello Mr. Morgan. Damien decided to show me around" I responded not knowing if I should say I was on a date with one of his partners.

"Oh, I see. I'm sure you're enjoying what this city has to offer. Especially here, he's taken you to the best of the best'

This restaurant is absolutely superb can't find anywhere else like it"  Mr Morgan preached showing his love for the place.

"It is. It's wonderful" I nervously replied not truly knowing how to respond.

"This is my cousin Steven" Mr. Morgan directed his attention to the man that stood beside him.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Ava"  I greeted with a polite smile while extending my hand for him to shake.

He shook my hand while saying" it's nice to meet you. You're Aiden's assistant, right?"

"Yes, I am" I replied pleasantly surprised he knew who I was.

Mr. Morgan must have mentioned it to him.

After our exchange Mr. Morgan continued to discuss business and a few other things with Damien.

His cousin also engaged in the conversation while I sat there not knowing what to do or say.

Deep down I wanted Damien to tell my boss that we were on a date or at least make up an excuse so that we can go back to our date.

Is was as if my prays were answered.

'Sir your table is ready' the butler that showed us our table earlier informed Mr Morgan

'Thank you Raymond' Mr. Morgan replied directing his attention shortly to the butler.

Raymond fits perfectly.

Mr. Morgan direction his eyes at me and said;

'Nice seeing you Ava, look forward to seeing you at work'

'Nice to see you too sir' I replied not fully knowing if I should say more, I decided it was best to just smile.

He said his goodbye to Damien before being directed by the butler to his reserved table, which was quite far away from our table.

I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

Damien noticed this ' must be nice seeing your boss while you're on a date' he said with a cheeky grin.

'It's nerve wracking' I replied being truthful.

He laughed and reached out to grab my hand.

I pulled my hand away playfully. Knowing what I was doing he grabbed my hand before I could fully move it away.

Being caught off guard by his action I let out a surprise squeal.

I looked around the restaurant in shame. Hoping I wasn't too loud.

Unfortunately for me it's like the whole restaurant heard me because all heads which were a few turned to my direction.

I hate to say it but my boss was also one of the people who looked over at my direction out of curiosity.

We locked eyes but me being embarrassed I looked away with a flushed face.

Damien was not helping the matter. He continued to laugh as if it was the funniest thing he has seen or heard in months.

'You are one of a kind, truly a rare jewel'

He said slowly calming down from his hysterical laughter.

Hearing this made me fluster up even more.

I've never been complimented so greatly by a guy and I've certainly have never been looked in the eye so intensely as he was looking at me this very moment.

It's as if his eyes held something in them, I could not recognize, something that was foreign to me.

Not being able to handle this much attention or intensity I spoke ' would you like to order'

As soon as that came out of my mouth, I realized how dumb the question is since we haven't even looked at the menu yet.

I face palmed myself which caused Damien to have another fit of laughter.

Shaking my head, I picked up the menu and looked through it.

I couldn't help but look at the price before I fully looked at what was being offered.

'See anything you like' Damien asked while he looked through his copy of the menu.

I can't even pronounce most of the names of these foods.

'I'd like it if you picked' I said giving up.

'Are you sure you want me to decide' Damien asked.

'Yes, I want to be surprised' I exclaimed excited to see what he's going to pick for me.

Damien signaled a waitress over to our table.

'Hello, my name is Kristin and I'll be your waitress for the evening' the bubbly waitress recited.

Damien and I said our greets to our waitress for the night.

'I would like your vegetable cream soup to start with and the beauty across from me will have your Oysters Rockefeller'

Sitting there I could feel the warmth rising towards my face.

I looked at the waitress as she frantically wrote everything down on paper.

'Would that be all sir' asked the waitress as she turned her attention from her notepad to Damien.

I too looked over at him only to see him staring deeply at me. Realizing he was being asked a question he turned his head to the waitress.

'I would also like a full bottle of your best pineapple beverage'

Shocked that he would pick pineapple over any other flavor.

I don't remember mentioning my favorite type of drink is pineapple or was it just a lucky guess on his part.

The waitress returned to the kitchen once she had finished writing down our order.

'I don't recall telling you my favorite flavor is pineapple' I blatantly voiced out.

'You didn't but I noticed you consume an enormous amount of pineapple juice on a daily basis'

'You would have it on or with almost everything if you were given the choice' he exclaimed knowing he was right.

'Wow, stalker' I said jokingly.

I'm seriously surprised that he knew what my favorite drink was.

He really is observant.

'I-'

Damien was cut off by the waitress bringing our food.

'Here is your starter and drink' the waitress exclaimed as she set out food down on the table and a bottle of pineapple juice.

My mouth is watering at the site of the amazing food in front of me.

The oysters look succulent and well garnished even Damien's soup looks amazing even though I don't favor soup.

'No that would be all for now' Damien exclaimed which I was happy to abide by.

I wanted to start eating because the food looked superb.

'The food looks amazing; I've never had oysters. I've always thought I'd not like them' I voiced out.

'Go on have your first bite I want to see what you think' he urged.

'I am I am; I want to savor the moment'

I picked one out of three, held it to my mouth.

With my mouth open I used my teeth to scrape the edible part into my mouth.

While I was doing this Damien sat with his food untouched watching me have my first moment with the oysters.

He had his mouth open, his eyes fixated on me watching my every move.

I was close to bursting out in laughter at the look of anticipation on his face.

It was as if he was in aww as well as in pure curiosity. Waiting patiently for when I'm ready to speak and tell him what I thought of it.

I was far from disappointed. I could taste every seasoning and spice that was added in the oyster.

Every second the oyster spent in my mouth hit every taste bud.

I was pleasantly surprised that it tasted better than it looked or smelled.

'I love it' I finally announced knowing he was anticipating my answer.

'One point for me, I knew you'd love it'

'By the look on your Face I would say you weren't sure for a second' I laughed while eyeing my next one.

'Anyway, this isn't a competition' I continued picking up an oyster.

'If you say so, I'm just glad you liked it' he said looking pleased with himself.

I rolled my eyes and proceeded to eat my second oyster of the night.

Savoring every last taste.