"Hey, are you sure this is really the guy from Zeus's account?"
"Yeah, I already told you that I had a video call with him."
"Um, okay.
Natalie and Joy enter the restaurant in the Amarosse Hotel looking for someone who has an appointment with her. The restaurant is dominated by black and not so bright lights make the interior look elegant. Her gaze was fixed on the man sitting at one of the tables at the far end. He turned his head until their eyes met.
"Come on, Joy."
"Eh? Have you found him?"
Natalie walked towards Nicholas, followed by Joy from behind. The man got up from his chair and walked over to Natalie.
"Sorry for making you wait so long," Natalie said with a faint smile.
"No, we just got here too," Nicholas replied, making Natalie and Joy a little confused. They saw very clearly, if they only saw Nicholas at the table.
Joy was also really fascinated by Nicholas's good looks because she did not expect to see such a handsome man in the live streaming application. Her thoughts are similar to Natalie's. Joy already knew that it was Nicholas who idolized her friend, she was enthusiastic when she found out that Natalie was invited to have breakfast with this handsome man.
"Ah, this is my friend," Natalie said, introducing Joy.
Joy stretched out her hand excitedly with a big smile etched on her lips. "Joy Griselda,"
"Nicholas Ramirez," Nicholas replied, accepting the handshake, a faint smile plastered on his face. "You're also one of the hosts by the name of Joyce, right?"
"Oh, you know me! I'm so happy!" Joy exclaimed, her smile widening and her eyes narrowing to a thin line.
"Yes, my cousin like-"
"Nic, sorry I'm late." Someone approached them, making the three turn their attention to the person. Joy was surprised because she met another handsome man again. This woman is indeed a handsome male hunter. If she had seen a man with a good appearance, for some reason her eyes would have turned into love.
"This is my cousin," Nicholas introduced him this time.
The man smiled sweetly as he stretched out his hand and said, "Denzel Salamon."
"Joy Griselda," Joy replied with her sweet and flirtatious smile. Natalie could sense that her friend was attracted to Denzel. She was sure that if Joy knew what happened last night when Joy was carried by Denzel, it would have made her scream with joy.
"Natalie Malca Moana," Natalie said, taking turns shaking hands with Nicholas' cousin.
Then after that, Nicholas invited Natalie to sit at the table the man had previously occupied.
"Then Miss. Griselda, let's go to one of the tables," Denzel said, making the two women confused. They thought the four of them would eat together, but Natalie and Joy had to separate. Although Joy's confusion only lasted for a moment because the woman was immediately happy to have some alone time with Denzel.
Natalie was quite worried about her friend, who was often stuck with several men. Somehow Joy is always unlucky when dating with various strange stories about the men of Joy's ex-girlfriends. Natalie got bored because there was never a happy ending in her friend's love life. Well, even though she was the same.
"Don't worry, Denzel is a good man," Nicholas said suddenly, making Natalie no longer pay attention to Joy.
"A–ah, but why do we have to eat separately? Didn't we have breakfast together? I thought the four of us would have breakfast together at one table," Natalie said, pouring out her confusion.
"This time I want to have breakfast only with you," Nicholas replied as he opened the menu that was already available on the table.
This time? Natalie thought hard, will there be another meeting between them? Did not Nicholas say last night that he did not live in Chicago? And Natalie has no intention of staying at this luxurious and expensive hotel again because it makes her kidneys tremble at the cost of her stay.
She diverted her thoughts and began to read the menu. She looks for menus she recognizes because she avoids food that appears strange and fails to meet her expectations once it arrives at the table. And after the two decided what to order, Nicholas called the waiter.
Natalie looked at the man in front of her. No matter how many times she looks at him, Nicholas is very handsome and charismatic. Totally not on her level, Natalie did not want to hope for more as she was a bit traumatized by dealing with a handsome man.
"Nat?" Nicholas called, breaking Natalie's thoughts.
"Y-yes?"
"Are you okay? You've been looking at me quite intensely," Nicholas said, slightly embarrassed.
Suddenly Natalie's cheeks turned red, Nicholas seemed to have misunderstood. "N-no, I'm daydreaming. Sorry, I do daydream pretty much wherever I am," Natalie said embarrassed. Shame on her own behavior.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Nicholas asked, looking straight into Natalie's eyes, which made her a little surprised and a little uncomfortable being looked at like that.
"A lot of things, haha. Oh yeah, maybe this will be the last time we meet because today I have to check out with Joy. I'm very happy to meet you, Nic. I'll be waiting for you on the live stream, okay," Natalie said kindly while showing her sweetest smile to Nicholas. However, the man actually looked displeased even though his face still looked flat, but Natalie could feel it.
"You said this was the last meeting? You don't want to see me again?" Nicholas asked.
"N-no. Aren't you just in Chicago for a while and need to get back to Las Vegas?"
"That's easy, It only took me about three hours back here to see you," Nicholas replied casually.
Natalie looked at him in disbelief, she knew Nicholas was a handsome and rich man. The man even casually gave her many gifts, as if he did not care how much the amount was. However, it was still a huge undertaking, especially just to meet Natalie.
"O–oh, you mean you came to the hotel to check if things were going well and meet me, right?" Natalie asked, trying to straighten Nicholas out. She did not want to expect much more and feel bad about the treatment of this blonde man, who was too excessive.
Their conversation came to a halt as the waiter started placing their orders on the table. After the waiter left, Nicholas looked back at Natalie intensely and again made her uncomfortable.
"W-why do you always look at me like that?" Natalie asked, turning her gaze the other way.
"The way i look at people is like this. Nat, this is also my last day here."
"Is that so? Then be careful~" Natalie said with a sweet smile again.
And the silence returned and Nicholas was staring at her flatly.
Natalie can not stand this kind of situation! She did not understand Nicholas at all. Or are there words that are not pleasing to the man's heart? Did Natalie misspoke? However, she was confused about how to respond because there was no way Natalie would stop Nicholas from going.
"Do you have a boyfriend already?"
"Huh?" Natalie was taken aback by the sudden question. "Ah, you want to know? I honestly don't have one, I didn't have time to look for someone like that," Natalie replied, laughing softly. She grabbed a glass of orange juice and took a sip.
Natalie frowned as a faint smile appeared on Nicholas's lips, making the man's face even more handsome but mysterious. However, the smile did not last long and came back with an even expression.
"Then will you marry me?"
Burrfhh!