Betty's amused laugh echoed in the living room
"Its not like I'm lying" Mayan retorted
Betty glanced at him and smiled.
"I love it when you oppress me with those dimples"
Betty's cheeks flushed red
"Am hungry want to go out for a meal?"
She shook her head
"I'll go make us something to eat" she said quietly moving towards the kitchen. Mayan ran after her
"I think I'll follow you so you don't burn down the kitchen" he said jokingly
Betty squeezed her eyes shut. Knowing fully well that Mayan was taunting her now, she opened her eyes filled with determination not to let him win
"You know what i mean" he said pinching her cheeks when he noticed that sudden serious expression
"Ouch that hurts" she winced. Mayan had begun to cut the vegetables, before Betty begun she tied her hair in a messy knot and tendrils had escaped, curling on the delicate lines of her neck. Mayan swallowed and his eyes caught and held hers. Her face looked so lovable and pure, even without an facial expression. He was so hypnotised by her gorgeousness and couldn't stop staring at her.
Betty smiled at him nonchalantly and began to prepare the ingredients for the food.
In less than twenty minutes the food was done. Betty set the food on the dining table while Mayan set the utensils and drinks.
They both sat down to eat without saying a word to each other. Mayan just couldn't take his eyes off Betty, he juts hadn't seen this side of her that was so tempting and had seemed to had gotten all his senses on edge. Every bit of the food she took in and swallowed was like a spark of flame in his heart.
"Are you enjoying the food?" she asked
He nodded
She chuckled
"But you haven't even taken a bite"
Mayan fell speechless and embarrassed. He couldn't even understand himself again but then he felt that she was playing on him. The thought of this made him smile inwardly.
"Not really though...." he took a bite
"It doesn't taste delicious to me....I'll just order something online" He said standing up to his feet and walked away. Betty didn't bother but ate hers and his too. When she was satisfied she packaged the rest of the food and sent it on delivery to the orphanage home. She went up to her room and fell into a deep slumber.
Mayan paced in his room waiting for Betty to apologize or rebuff his on what he had said earlier but he got none. His stomach grumbled so he let off a white flag of surrender and went down to the kitchen to get himself something to eat.
Mayan felt hot tears fill up his eyes when he saw that there were no more leftovers from the food. It seemed that Betty had finished all by herself without even giving a slight attention to him. He was certain that she had also given some to the orphanage home where she worked in ever since she came over to this town. He took some fruits from the refrigerator and went up to his room.
He laid on his bed after partly satisfying his hungry stomach. He began to reminisce the events of today and he smiled. He was happy that he had made Betty laugh out her heart today without having to worry about her past. Ever since she moved in with him she had been gloomy and never wanted to open up to him but it seemed he was getting some where with her and if he could probably prove to her how much he missed her then only if then he would get her back and never let her go back to her so called finance who had a woman pregnant in the shadows and still wanted to get married to her. Yes! he knew about him Phoenix Sen not from Betty but from the viral post that went through all social media platforms. He had also learnt about his wedding to the girl which he was sure Betty had gone to but he was happy when he saw her back to his house without any sign of going back to Him.
She had made a right decision and she wasn't going to regret spending her days with him.