The first thing she did was check around for cameras.
"Well at least he isn't a pervert like Diego"
She went to the bathroom and saw the neatly prepared bath. Steam was coming out of the bath making the whole place look extravagant. Tiana took off her clothes and soaked herself inside the bathtub. Tiana smiled at the way she was treated. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the relaxing feeling the bath was giving her. With her eyes closed she drove into the memory lane, her mom, her daughter, her husband and her friend all taken by one bastard.
"I remember how I promised my daughter everything good in life, oh if she were here she'd probably be splashing around and making noise. Mother would be reminding me to take it easy on Ella that she's still a kid. My husband..... I will make Diego pay, he will know what pain feels like and I won't rest until that is accomplished. I just hope Ella can forgive me for not being able to protect her!" Tiana thought.
*Knock*
"Young miss dinner is served", Joanne said from the other side of the room.
"Okay I'll be out in a minute"
Tiana wipes the tears she didn't know she was crying, finishes her bath and heads out. When she came out she saw neatly folded clothes on the bed. She picked them up and put them on, it was a casual short and an oversized T-shirt
*******
(Downstairs)
Pablo was getting impatient he has never waited for anyone before but here he is waiting for this girl and surprisingly he wasn't angry. He was just curious to know what took her so long, just as he was about to send Joanne to go check on her he saw her walking towards the dining room.
"What took you so long?"
"Sorry I got a little lost!"
"About that; Dan will show around the house tomorrow"
"Okay, let's eat" Tiana said trying to ease the tense atmosphere.
"You go ahead I already lost my appetite waiting for you"
"I'm so sorry I didn't know you were waiting, please don't leave I can't bear the guilt knowing you didn't eat anything because of me"
Seeing her apologetic face Pablo couldn't find the heart to say no!, "Okay I'll eat but I can't promise you that I'll eat much". Tiana couldn't help but smile at him "He is so adorable", Tiana was shocked by her thoughts. Her husband just died how could she be having such thoughts over another man.
"Are you okay?!"
Pablo interrupted her thoughts,
"Yeah I'm fine"
*****
After dinner Tiana and Pablo both headed to the living room and sat down, the silence was both suffocating and awkward. Pablo finally broke the silence,
"How do you know Diego?"
Tiana looked up at him, although she knew he wasn't going to hurt her she couldn't help but be a little careful.
"I'll answer your questions but you have to answer mine as well"
Pablo smiled at her childish reply, "Okay sounds fair"
"Why did you save me?!", Tiana was curious to know his motive behind saving her.
"I believe I asked you a question first!"
"Why are you asking if you already know?"
"If I knew I wouldn't be asking you"
"Liar!"
Pablo's lips curved up seeing her being childish again, ofcourse he already knew but he still needed to ask just to clarify some things.
"I'll still tell you, even though I know you already know the answer. Diego and I have never met before, that is until he killed my entire family"
"Do you know why he did it?"
"Well according to the little information I got, it has something to do with my late husband not paying the debt he owes"
"That's not right Diego doesn't handle such business personally and let's say it really does have something to do with the money your husband owes why not kill you as well"
"He says he has interest in me"
"I don't think that's the reason but I'll investigate further"
"Okay now it's your turn to answer my questions, why did you save me?"
"Honestly I don't know why, it's not like me to help people but when I saw you I just couldn't help myself"
"I'm really sorry but I just lost my husband and"
"I'm not asking for your heart or anything like that, I'm not there yet"
Tiana was embarrassed she couldn't believe he actually twisted her thoughts, and the smirk on his face was proof that he knew what he was doing.
Seeing her red face, made Pablo want to tease her even more. "It's okay you don't have to be ashamed and besides you look beautiful when you blush"