Xena Pov:
The week went by painfully slow but the only thing that made it somewhat tolerable is I got to hang out with Darren every day we also text way more now and I think he lowkey flirts with me but then again, I could just be delusional because of my crush o him but never mind that, today is the day of the date, last night I couldn't sleep maybe because it was because of excitement or nervousness but either way, I fell asleep at 4 am then got woken up by my alarm at 9 am so this is how my morning went.
9 am:
Ring…. r-ring-ring I reach my hand out of my blanket and touch my phone but the damn thing keeps ringing so I finally pry my eyes open and grab my phone just to throw it at the wall then a loud sound of crashing followed by loud cursing
"Fuck X you just had to throw your phone also that damn phone fuck mornings"
I then open my curtains just to see the sun shining so brightly at me in the morning. Angry, I give it the middle finder and grumble
"Screw you mother nature!!" After that, I compose myself while chanting
"Calm down today is the day"
realizing that I smile while heading to the bathroom to get ready.
After 30 minutes I get out of the bathroom and head to my vanity to put on sunscreen and moisturizer then I go for a simple makeup look by putting on cat-eye eyeliner then I put on simple red blush, gel my eyebrows and finally put on some red lipstick satisfied with my makeup look I do my hair next first I blow-dry my hair then I just straighten it and I'm done when I looked In the mirror I was happy with it so I went to my walk-in-closet to look for something to wear after 15 minutes of pulling everything down and looking I was utterly frustrated I think
"Maybe I should go shopping today because I have no clothes"
my sister would laugh at that, I continue to look until I find a red tweeted Chanel romper then I got a Chanel gold waist chain and put it on top then I put on a black YSL leather jacket because it is going to be cold later satisfied with the outfit I went to put on jewellery I put on vintage pearl earrings paired with some plain gold rings and some pearls then I got a simple gold watch done with that I grab a red Chanel vintage bag and black Prada boots paired with fishnets I look in the mirror one last time satisfied with my look I smile and head to the kitchen to make breakfast then my phone buzzed it was a text::
Darren: I'll be there in 15
Me: Have you eaten?
Darren: why?
me: I'm making breakfast want some
Darren: Yeah, sure see you soon
Me: okay
After texting Darren, I go and make some French toast and coffee then package them and wait for him to arrive while eating and playing with my phone on the counter 15 minutes later I get a text from Darren saying he's outside so I grab my phone and keys along with the breakfast and head outside. Once I get outside, I find him leaning against his car in the courtyard once I see him, I think
"This man could bring down a nation with that face"
I walk toward him and he finally raises his head to look at me but he just keeps staring.
Darren Pov:
I was looking until I saw her near me and she looked gorgeous and I suddenly thought in my stupor
"She is truly the most beautiful girl I have ever seen I better take her off the market before she is stollen"
strengthening my resolve.
As I see Darren still staring at me, I approach him and tap him on the shoulder then smile brightly and greet
"Hey morning, here is your breakfast"
while handing him the coffee and bag of French toast he looks at him then gives me one of his side smiles revealing his dimples then asks
"You look beautiful today, what's the grand occasion?"
I blush because I know he's teasing me but still answer
"of course, for our date, what else?"
he just smirks and says
"Oh, I didn't know this is a date!"
I turn my head to the side and then question him
"When a man and a woman go out together for the whole day alone what else could it be?" he just continues with my banter and gives his most innocent expression while answering
"I just thought we were hanging out" I laugh at his act them hold his face in between my fingers
"Oh, my innocent boy it is a date you even put half your hair up for me"
he just smirks then ruffles my hair
"This is not for you but thanks for the breakfast beautiful now let's go"
I laugh while I watch him get into the passenger's seat then I get in the car too when we are buckled in and driving, he looks over at me and asks "
What's the plan for this 'date'? "Emphasizing the word date, I giggle at his childishness but still I answer
"We are going shopping at the mall because I need more clothes, then dinner and the movies after we can go to the aquarium and lastly the observatory"
he smirks then looks at me causing me to blush then he proceeds to say when satisfied with my reaction
"Wow you planned this out then I'll do as you say Hermosa" I nod while saying "keep your eyes on the road…. you looking at me like that makes me want to jump you"
I don't say the latter part out loud, I turned my head to stare at the window so I could see his reflection and gawk at him in peace
"It sounds shameless and it is shameless but come on he is drop-dead gorgeous and I admire beautiful things so my actions are justified"
I thought while I continued to stare at him, thankfully he didn't disturb my viewing and just kept mum until we reached our destination. When we got to William's mall, I was still in a daze staring at him until he tapped me on the shoulder startling me, seeing my reaction he chuckled before saying
"Were here let's go"
I unbuckle my seatbelt and get out of the car and went to the VIP entrance just to find a row of people waiting for us even though I didn't inform them of my arrival prior, this is frustrating but I still tried to put on a smile and great them
"hello"
they all bowed in response and greeted me at once
"Welcome young miss" I just continued smiling while thinking
"This is nice but I hate this I just want some privacy" Darren looked at me and saw my fake smile so he leaned down and whispered in my ear
"Are you okay?" I stiffened for a few seconds because of the close contact but still answered
"Yeah, I just need to shoo them away" he nods and backs up a little bit. A second later the director runs up to me sweating and bows respectfully while saying
"What brings you here young miss?" I scoff at his supposed bootlicking but still answer
"To shop of course why else director" he laughs nervously but continues with his audacious behaviour by asking
"Then young miss what may we help you with" I'm done talking to this man so I just say
"Nothing, no one follows me and no one bothers me thank you" he nods then lets me pass I smile to the rest of the employees and say
"Thank you for welcoming me" when I'm done with that, I grab Darren's hand and head to the elevator along with him when I'm gone the murmuring between the employees begins,
"Have you ever seen young miss in person? She's so gorgeous I almost got stuck in a trance from her smile"
"She's so arrogant we offered her help but she rudely rejected Director like it was a bad thing"
"Just because she's beautiful and the young miss doesn't mean she can treat all of us like this"
I heard what everyone was saying while I was making my way to the elevator but used to it, I didn't want to waste my time so I pretended not to hear anything and continued with what I was doing. Having reached the elevator, we step inside Darren asks me
"Which floor?" I reply "18 please" I nod and then presses the button after that he comes over to me and holds my hand while asking in a soft voice
"X are you okay?" brought out of my daze I look up at him only to see the expression in his eyes almost made me shed a tear so to prevent that I look back down and answer "yeah I'm fine" he pulls me into a hug and whispers in my ear
"don't listen to those fools you're the best they don't know what they are saying, they're just jealous and jealousy is a disease"
I smile at him
"Thanks, Darren but I'm truly okay" he let's go of the hug and ruffles my hair while saying
"Okay then let's start shopping" I smile at his attempt to make me feel better but still try to sound happy and answer
"okay" he nods and looks at the elevator door but I'm still in my thoughts looking down at our hands that are still intertwined and have remained that way ever since we entered the elevator
"Is he trying to make me die"
I thought screaming internally like a high school student and I was probably smiling and blushing hard on the outside but that was the least of my worries my thought process got disturbed by the elevator ding, begin brought out of the daze I tried to compose myself buy focusing on shopping instead of him so I got out of the elevator and dragged him to the Channel store and many more stores after shopping for 3 hours we were heading to the parking lot with almost 30 bags of stuff
"I think I have an addiction but at least I got him a couple of gifts I hope he likes them"
I thought while looking at him loading all the bags into the car but I was also thinking of how I should give him one of the rooms in my house and how I bought for us match clothes but that could wait for later because he tapped my shoulder bringing me out of my daze and gave me a bright smile while asking
"What should we do next sweetheart?" I was in a daze after seeking the smile but after the sweetheart, I think I had a heart attack but I still tried to compose myself and answer
"we're going to eat dinner at Gastro" he smiles and replies "okay let's go" I nod and enter the car when we are seated well, he starts the car and we go off to eat dinner when we got them there the manager greets us and leads us to the private room when we get sited and are browsing through the menu, I ask Darren
"Why did the manager bring us here we didn't have an appointment"
he smiles mysteriously but still answers "honestly sweetheart this restaurant is owned by me and my friend" I almost fall over at the revolution but still ask
"What do you mean isn't the owner Chef Damien" he laughs and asks "Did you think he was?" I nod and answer innocently
"Yeah, I did I come here often it's my favourite restaurant and when I asked about the owner everyone said it's Chef Damien" he listens to my explanation and then responds
"It's normal for people to think that but it's owned by me and Carter, but I didn't want people to know so Carter and Damien are the known CEO but I'm the president" I gasp at his answer and ask
"Carter? Like Carter, I know that pig has some brains?" he laughs at me teasing Carter then responds "he's not that dumb sweetheart but yes we own it" I nod and sip my water before saying
"I guess he has some brains but I just got to know I don't know almost anything about you like I thought I did" after that I start pouting.
Darren Pov:
"She looks so cute when she pouts it's going to be the end of me"
I thought but I still respond to her because I hate seeing her sad so I suggest to her
"How about you ask me anything"
she starts smiling so brightly after she hears that and answers "okay let's order first "while pressing the bell to signal the waitress to come in and asks
"Sir, Madam, how may I help you?" She looks at me silently asking and I answer "Order anything just get me the same" She smiles and nods then asks
"Any allergies?" I look at her and smile like a dummy at her concern the answer "Yes olives"
she nods looks at the waiter and starts ordering
"Can we please have one large chicken pizza with no olives, 2 plates of pesto pasta and 2 plates of Carbona pasta for dessert chocolate mousse cake and the drink one bottle of Adrianna Vineyard thank you"
When the waiter is done noting them down, she says "Okay It will be right out" then proceeds to leave the room.
When the waiter leaves the room Xena starts looking at me like a kid begging for Candy, I tried to ignore her but unable to handle the starters any long I ask "Anything you want to say, Sweetheart?" She starts blushing at the nickname and answers while abiding eye contact "earlier you said I can ask you anything can I start"
I nod then she proceeds to ask her questions
"Have you ever been in love?"
"Why did you help me when we first met?"
"Have you ever been in a relationship?"
"Why do you want your identity as the owner of Gastro to remain a secret?"
"Why are you my junior when we are almost the same age"
After she is done, I look and ask "Is that it or is there more?" She giggles at my suspicion she answers "There is more but answer these first" I nod then starts answering
"No, I have never been in love I believe in soulmates"
"I helped you because you looked like you needed help and you might have been cute so I wanted to be friends"
"Yes, I have been in 5 relationships but never lasted long for any because they were the soulmate I was waiting for"
"Because people only think of me as a spoilt heir so I don't feel like I have to tell them the truth, I will keep it hidden and tell them when I am accomplished"
"I had joined school late due to home school and heir training"
After I am done, I look at her and ask "Are you, satisfied sweetheart?" She shakes her head indicating she's not while answering
"No, I want to ask more" I laugh at her spoilt nature the try to bargain with "Okay can I ask some first Sweetheart you can ask more when I am done deal" She pouts indicating that she's sad but I don't give in to her antics and begin asking
"Why do you dislike most people?"
"Have you ever been in a relationship?"
"What's your favourite colour and food?"
"Why am I your only friend in London?"
"Where do you want to go to the most?"
"What's your ideal type?"
"Do you speak Japanese?"
"Why do you want to be Ceo also did you go through heir/heiress training?"
"What's your ideal proposal?"
She looks shocked at my constant question when I'm done, she asks "Wow and I thought I had a lot but here we go" I laugh at her response but I try and give her my most innocent look while saying
"But I just want to know more about you is that wrong?" she finally gives in and answers
"I don't dislike most people it's just that people approach me solely because I am the nest Ceo of Williams enterprises and the people who don't, expect me to be very kind which I am but when they get to know my spoilt side they take me for a dumb heiress so I tend to keep my distance"
"Yes, I but it isn't memorable or Important"
"My favourite food is my mom's homemade Yakitori and my favourite colour is probably black or blue.
"You're my only friend because I like only you at the moment"
"I want to Iceland and see the Northern Lights"
"My ideal type is 6ft5 brown long shoulder length hair black puppy-like eyes and dimples, he has to be caring and nice but also a little bit shy"
"Yes, I do speak fluent Japanese"
"I want to be Ceo because I honestly love it also, I want to make my dad proud and give him time to rest about the heiress training, yes I have done it I'm a Gold dragon in tai chi"
"My ideal proposal shows the person cares"
After she finished answering my question I was smiling like a fool because I was happy, I got to know her more.
When our food arrived, we started eating and continued getting to know each other with the questions, it was amazing but we lost track of time and by the time we got out of the restaurant it was too late to go anywhere else.