Leap OF Fate novel Chapter 42

Serene felt the bright warm light touch her face. Her hand felt the space beside her. It was empty but still warm. Her eyes immediately opened to confirm what her hand felt. Indeed, she’s alone on the bed. Her eyes lazily explored the room in search of him.

Unable to see him anywhere, she sat up, rested her head on the headboard, then looked blankly at the space in front of her.

Justin lazily looked at her. His arms across his chest, his body resting on the bathroom’s jamb, one of his feet crossed in front of the other. A smirk formed on his lips as he watched her dazed look on her face.

He peeled himself away from the doorjamb; then he lazily walked towards her. He gave her pouting lips a quick kiss, then shuffled the hair on top of her head. “Good morning, sleepyhead”.

“Where did you go?” her husky voice sounded sexy, Justin felt a change in his body.

“I was just in the bathroom. Get up, let’s have brunch.” He pulled her arms to separate her from the bed. She lazily lifted herself and got out of the bed.

She took a quick shower and in less than fifteen minutes got out wrapped in a bathrobe. She cannot help but smile when she saw clothes lined up on the bed.

She approached Justin and wrapped her arms around his neck, then gave his lips a quick peck. “Thanks for preparing these”.

She put on the clothes he picked. He chose a simple wrap around dress. It fell just a couple of inches above her knee. She put on a light makeup and curled the ends of her hair.

“Let’s go?” she asked Justin soon as she finished. He’s watching financial news while working on his iPad. Hearing her, he turned off the television then set aside his laptop.

She never failed to take his breath away. He wanted to forget about lunch and would rather gobble her up again. The dress complemented her body, hugging her in the right places. She showed just enough cleavage.

“Are you okay to have Chester and Bryan join us?” he questions her tentatively. He knew the tension among them, and he did not want to put her to a situation where she’d feel uncomfortable.

“It’s fine,” she smiled at him. “It’s bound to happen eventually, so why delay?” she extended her hand to him which he took then they walked out of his suite.

They drove to a small restaurant outside the business district. The restaurant sits at the top of a cliff overlooking the bay.

When they arrived, Bryan and Chester already sat on a table with an unobstructed view of the clear blue sky and water. From a distance, they seem to be happily chatting with each other.

Chester caught sight of them first. He beamed at them, which made Bryan turn around. He gave them a quick smile before turning his attention back to Chester.

Justin pulled the chair directly across from Chester. Serene took a seat and smiled at him. He then sat beside her.

The restaurant served French cuisine. She ordered lobster thermidor while he stuck with his usual steak.

“I heard you’re working for Rain International again,” Chester broke the silence.

“Working with,” she smiled at him. “But yes, I’m helping implement their expense management software.” Serene knew that he just wanted to have something to talk about, given that the air in their table was tense. So she willingly indulged him.

“I heard Mary finally opened her clothing line,” it’s Bryan.

“Yeah, finally,” she smiled, her eyes glistened with pride for Mary’s achievement.

“It’s surprising that you did not join her. Wasn’t that your plan before?”

It escaped her eyes when Justin’s mouth twitched from Bryan’s question. Although he knew he was just trying to carry out a conversation, bringing up intimate knowledge about her stabbed his heart.

“It was. But then, I really don’t have a knack for fashion. That’s all Mary. I can support her in other aspects, but venturing on a business with her… I will probably just drag her down”.

Their conversation got interrupted when the server brought their orders. Her mouth watered at the sight of her gorgeous lobster. From out of the blue, Bryan handed her a bottle of medicine. The twins’ brows knit in confusion from Bryan’s action.

“Thanks, I got mine.” Serene took out a bottle of the same medicine from her pouch. She did not miss the look of confusion from the other people on the table. “I am allergic to seafood,” she explained. She specifically looked at Justin with pleading eyes and added, “But I really love them. As long as I take an antihistamine before eating seafood, I’ll be okay.”

“En,” he answered and gave her a quick nod. He tried his best to hide his irritation from not knowing these details about her.