"Are you alright?"
Dave ask with a caressed on her cheek, wiping the pepper oil from corner of her lip. She called him late to meet up and here they are in a stall if a street seller. With full strays of hot pepper sour chicken thighs and wigs.
Thou his schedule is tight he still shows up as he could hear distress in her voice.
In fulls hands she stuffs the thighs in her mouth, choking the breathe out of herself. Quick as he could Dave grabs its from her grip and lays them off, aiding her a bottle of water he has uncapped on the sound of her coughing.
"June what happened?" his concern voice politely invade out. Aware to him that something must have caused her to be out of her dominance state. And nothing would get her to act unruly unless her father and he knows better to not pop in on the topic.
"He finally said the words I wanted to hear for years, he apologized but Dave am still not happy" she tells him with eyes running out.
" I'm stil not happy Dave , tell me why am I not happy?. Why do I still feel hurt?" the eye drops combines with the sour thighs that leaves salt and liquid on her tongue.
"It okay if you feel hurt, you don't have to feel right about it, take it slow, it will come. Let out everything and start afresh" he steals away the drum sticks from her and guide her lips to the open edge of the bottle, compelling her to take another portion.
"That's enough, I think we should get home"
"But am not full yet" she drags in with a baby voice curling on his arms that were pulling her up.
"No more stuffing the tummy" he said hooking her in his arms, granting her a lift from her weight on his.
" Grumpy uncle please, let me have just a bite" she whines in plead.
Snatching her off her feet , he sits her in his car , securing belts her up and drives off.
At his apartment, he helps her change in a more comfy wears and cleans her oily face. He gently secure her hair on the pillow.
He watch her sleep with grace and puff on his hand like a little child. His mind wonders how his tigress can be so calm and beautiful with close eyes.
His free fingers plays with her bunny face that sends him craving for her lips, her lashes that joint it way in race of height, or her cute carrot nose that chokes him a chuckle.
It feels good to have her sleep comfortably with little to say, as much as he loves her tigress side he finds her silence more attractive.
The morning is a warm to his eyes as he spent the night admiring his beloved that he skipped schedule for bed. His bags exhausted in weak dark circles.
His hand freezes on his mouth for seconds then crawls out the discomfort sound.
"Good morning" he said to the beauty that has just woken up. He walks for his closet and grabs a shirt for work , his fresh mint is an aroma in the room.
June's eyes hastily widened in grasp of his side bones that enlighten on the pure cotton towel, with heavy sigh she gulps in , erasing the dirty thoughts building in.
" Morning " she weakly greets with lips raise up.
His eyes stares at her pale lips like a deadliest virus ready to spread it wings.
"What're you waiting on, kiss me" she demands hanging her lips in the air, her eyes shot out as she leans forth for his touch.
"Go brush your teeth" the romance mood comes crumbling with a rebirth of an angry monster, her eyes goes wild with twisted lips. Her fists knuckles face his jaw..
"kiss me or I'll punch you" she threaten with a loose lips.
Leaning forward he gulps hard , gathering his might ,his lips snailing reaches to hers with tight eyes. In a second his eyes goes lightning out as his might comes crumbling by his mysophobia.
"Can't you just brush your teeth. There hundreds of bacteria found in an unfresh mouth. Probably thousand and the morning stench" her sleepy eyes widened on the man infront of her, whose eyes glances at her with much disgust .
With a flat sigh , she thinks of what lead her heart to fall for him, a man like him that has little experience in romance.
Why couldn't she be lucky like other women ,who find themselves romantic sweet guys?, men who finds pleasure in exchanging the first morning saliva of their girls. But no her fate has something else install, her boyfriend has to be the type with mysophobia.
"Dave Ben Deen, you better suck up every tiny phobia you have and kiss me or I swear it will be the last you touch me" she threatens with a straight posture of her body on the bed. His minute of hesitant got her nails digging in the sheet, crushing her heart to pieces. Even if he has a mysophobia it's no excuse to say it bluntly in her face or rejects her feelings.
With high sigh she levels her legs to the floor.
That's it, she's out.
"June" he calls after her, the second he realizes his arms have caged her, hitting her back on the wall. He lead her chin to his eyes, stalling her hands on his neck ,he attacks her down lip.
His mind has gone blind on all thoughts , all he cares is to please his lady.
The morning breath isn't as he expected it to be, it is a taste of requirement that sends his craves for more desires, his lips goes in for more curing his mysophobia with her tasteful un-fresh breathe.
....
"Jane I can explain please, just hear me out" James yells , snatching the attention of the office workers.
His throat hurting from all the screams has done in other to gain her audience ,which he fails to obtain. The morning greeted him at her office door, storming back and forth on the merciless breeze that kept him company.
"I'm sorry, just hear me out once" his forces once more, itching the throat to discomfort.
"Okay that's it, go hear him out. The poor guy has been out there for hours " Liam shuts in with a cold scold Jane's still face that focuses on her computer screen.
"Have some heart and listen to what he has to say, plus you'll be doing us a great favor of good peace" he said eyeing to the others that are stealing gazes at Jane.
To shut their mouths and hand herself a ear rest of his calls she goes to his call.
"Jane" he said with calms to see her front him.
"Thank you for coming to meet me, I thought you wouldn't come"
"I'm not here to hear what you've to say, am here to ask you to leave. You're creating an unwelcome environment for others " and by others she mean herself included in. With fram arms she stares at his rough hair that usually in good kept and his loose trouser.
"I'm sorry, honestly I gave up that life because of you. That was the old me Jane , I'll be honest I used to live and love that life of being supposed by grown women fit for my mother and grandmother, but after meeting you that all changed " an heavy exhale let out after his one blow speech.
"Are you done, if you're then leave" she told with a twirl on her heels for the doors.
....
"June" her arrival is halt by her boss cold voice which apparently present soothing to the ears like the sunny wind in the rough skin. With gestures, she follows in her steps to her office.
Stalking to her seat she pushes forward a file on the desk.
"What's this ?" June uncertain voice crawls out.
"Open it" Linda demands , spilling no more than that, she gestures her eyes at her to go in for the file. With little choice, June reluctantly scans through it.
"this is the M project" she exclaims ,
"but?"
"You thought he isn't going to sponsor the project after your rejection?" Linda ask taking her on surprise.
Her baffle expression and turn gaze strikes smirk on her lips, it still unbelievable how she thought she wouldn't know of what's happening in her company, even with the days absent she holds track of every inch of information.
"Darling I know it all. He still believes in you and wishes you the best of life. If he couldn't win you over at least he could help forward your dream and career, that way you get to remember him".
That's a shock, who helps the woman that rejects him on several occasions, that too with such huge investment. Either way she's thankful to him for his aid, now the second phase of her two time bring love to life show will begin.
"And June please have no relation to my next investor" Linda jokes in as June walks out.
It just a surprise he left without meeting her but again, he must have felt awkward to meet her after all that transact between them.
"I was actually waiting for you" June flinch on her skin, turning head to see Samantha.
"He isn't dead right?" The question pops out on the first sight of Samantha.
"Umm, no" her brows cocks at such question.
'What's popping in your head?'
"He wants to see you, that's the condition given to agree to his surgery and he needs it urgently."