Dating Mr. CEO

32

FAY

    "Hey! Sorry I'm late." I apologized, slipping into the booth. Looking around, the cafeteria lounge at Sparks was not so crowded as it used to be. I guess I knew why.

Dropping my Banana yogurt on the table, I pulled my hair from my face, tucking it behind my ears. Steadied my breathing, then looked up at Elroy whose eyes were already on me. He stared at me like he was seeing me for the first time.

Furrowing my brows, I managed a weird smile. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

As if my voice broke him out of a trance, he blinked, tearing away his once undivided attention from my face. "It's nothing." He said.

This afternoon, when I got his text saying we should hangout at the cafeteria lounge in Sparks, I was pretty surprised. I had been handing out gifts with Melissa at the Chesterfield orphanage home, when I got the text.

Honestly, I couldn't believe what I was reading. He had never asked me out to the Cafeteria lounge before. So my surprise right then was explainable.

"What's up?"

"Where were you, when I texted?" He asked, taking a scoop of the strawberry flavored ice cream in front of him... The one I just noticed.

Since when did Elroy become a fan of ice cream?

"At the orphanage, with Melissa." I said, feeling my breathing level relax. I pulled out the sandwich Melissa made for me, "Sandwich?" I asked.

"Grandma made them?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said, my eyes wandered around for a moment. And as expected, most people were glancing at our direction.

He took another scoop of ice cream into his mouth, nodding.

I placed one sandwich in front of him.

"Thanks." He said. "How's Grandma doing?"

I smiled. "She's okay, actually she's more than okay."

He looked pleased with my reply.

I should probably just ask him why he wanted to meet here, I mean... He never came out for lunch, during lunch hours, and even if he did, he never asks me to accompany him. Was there something on his mind? Or did he just miss me?

Miss me?

I snuck a glance at him, watching him scroll through his phone as he chewed the sandwich. Did he really miss me?

This wasn't normal.

Don't get me wrong, it's not as if I wasn't appreciating him for squeezing out time to spend with me, it's just that... It felt like a warm gesture and it really did do a number on my heart. It made me want to disregard whatever string of doubt I had concerning his intentions with me.

What if he has changed indeed? What if he wasn't only starting to miss my company? What if he actually does like me?

According to Melissa, Elroy used to be very kind. So it actually meant that he had a heart, but maybe he was scared to give it to someone, since Yvonne.