Chapter 48
"Sshh... be quite."
Leo raised his bushy eyebrow. He then moved to stand behind his wife and peeked at what's inside. He smirked when he saw his son wearing an ap.r.o.n while beating some eggs. Leo snickered when Hestia swat Damon's hand away from the dish she was preparing and when Damon tried to once again have another go at sampling the dish Hestia then pulled his ear. His son was then scolded for being naughty and it was all recorded in his phone.
Leo pats his phone and grinned before putting it inside his pocket. Another embara.s.sing moment to compile in his collection, his sons never disappoint him in giving him quality entertainment.
Lila happily clapped her hands. "Looked at those two lovebirds! They are such a perfect couple!"
"Yes they are, come on wife let's not disturb them," Leo guide his reluctant wife away from the kitchen. "Let the kids play house."
Lila stomped her foot like a kid having a tantrum. "But I want to watch them more!"
"Wife if we continue spying on them, they will find out. You don't want Hestia to be embara.s.sed, right?"
Lila sighed. "You win. Come on then let's go check our grandkid."
Leo smiled. "That's a good idea." The husband and wife then walked hand in hand towards Ichigo's room, if they wait for a few moments to leave they could have witness Damon's shamelessness.
The moment Damon's parents left the kitchen was the time when he stole a kiss from Hestia. The poor girl was busy cooking the omelette while Damon was slicing some mangoes. He glanced at her and when Damon saw how concentrated she was, he leaned closer to her face and called her name. Hestia who was unsuspecting looked at Damon and she was surprised to be given a hot kiss.
Damon took advantage of Hestia's stunned state to wrapped his arm around her waist while his other hand holds her nape to prevent her from moving away.
When the shocked wore off, Hestia shyly responded to the kiss. Damon smiled when Hestia kissed him back and to show his thanks he deepen the kiss. The supposed to be chaste kiss turned into a mind blowing kiss.
When they broke the kiss, they were both catching their breaths. Damon smiled with satisfaction when he saw how swollen Hestia's lips were from the kiss.
Hestia gazed at Damon with her hooded eyes. Her swollen red lips is too inviting for another round of explosive kisses. Her overall look is just to enticing for Damon making him hard in an instant.
Wiping his imaginary saliva, Damon groaned in frustration. "Sweetheart why don't you wake Ichi up it's almost time for breakfast."
"What about the omelette?"
"Then I'll wake Ichi up." Before he can hear Hestia's answer he was out of the kitchen in seconds.
Hestia stared at the kitchen door in bewilderment and then shrugged her shoulders. 'Men are also hard to read.' Hestia was shaking her head while she cook the remaining dish she prepared for breakfast.
At the grand dining hall, the Gray family enjoyed the delicious dish Hestia and Damon prepared. They were all chatting and telling stories when Damon entered the hall.
Lila raised her perfectly trimmed eyebrow. "What took you so long son? We're almost done eating our breakfast."
"Wife don't bother our son and let him eat. He need to replenish the energy he lost from exercising." Leo looked at his son and smirked.
Damon blushed and glared at his know-it all father.
"I did not saw you at the gym this morning, where did you go for exercise?" Lance asked in confusion.
Leo laughed. "Lance my innocent boy, your brother was doing it while showering or in bed or perhaps in the tub. Which is it Damon?"
Damon was mentally giving his dad a hard beating. Who would believe that his dad a terror to the business world is actually a big bully. He loves to tease him and Lance whenever an opportunity arise. "I just took a very cold shower."
Leo scoffed in dismay, his son is getting good at ignoring his teasing. Lance was still confused but then it
"Uncle why are you blus.h.i.+ng?" Ichigo noticed how quickly his uncle's emotions change.
"Nothing! I just bit my tongue that's all!" Lance quickly answered.
Ichigo looked at him suspiciously but he dropped the topic when his mom gave him his favorite dessert, chocolate cake.
The entire breakfast was festive that they have forgotten the teasing of Leo. When they were done, all of them begun to prepare to leave the island and return to Arganz City.
Ichigo went to leave with his grandparents and Lance in their yatch while Damon and Hestia rode the plane because Damon needs to be in a meeting at 5 in the afternoon and Hestia needs to pack some clothes for her and Ichigo because they were invited by Lila to stay in their home for a couple of days.
At the plane.
"A penny for your thought sweetheart."
Hestia looked away from the window to face Damon. "I'm just overwhelmed by the sudden changes in my and Ichigo's life."
"I hope it's a good change."
Hestia smiled. "Surprisingly, meeting you was one of the best moments in my life."
"Then the other was when you met Alec." His tone was filled with pure jealousy. When Hestia tried to touched his hand he avoided it. He sat up straight while he looked outside the window with his eyebrows creased.
Hestia laughed at his actions. Damon just glared at Hestia's reflection on the window.
"The most important event in my life is when Ichigo was born so you don't need to sound so jealous." She teased.
"Is that true?" Damon glanced at her.
Hestia smiled.
Damon relaxed. "I wished I met you first. If we met sooner Ichigo could be my real son."
Hestia understood Damon's sentiments because she also wish for the same thing. "Let us no longer dwell in the past, the most important thing is our present."
Damon put his arm over Hestia's shoulders. "And of course our future, sweetheart you'll choose me instead of Alec, right?"
Hestia leaned her head on Damon's shoulder. "You don't have to be insecure. You're bazillion times better than any man I met."
Damon puffed his chest. "You bet I am."
Hestia giggled. "Where was the insecurity you had a while ago?"
"I no longer have that word in my vocabulary, you just erased it a moment ago." Damon drew circles on Hestia's arm. "Can I ask when did you decided to you know?"
"Give myself to Alec?" Damon awkwardly nod his head.
"It was during his 26th birthday. I was 23 years old back then." Hestia remembered how nervous she was and to calm her nerves she drank one gla.s.s of red wine which was more than enough to make her tipsy.
Damon nod his head. "You're foolishly in love back then."
Hestia smiled. "Yes I was."
"If I'm not mistaken Alec's birthday was held at one of our five star hotels. I was there because mom kept pestering me to come celebrate with them." He was p.i.s.sed because Lily his girlfriend that time dump him on the phone via a text message.
"Why did I not met your whole family then? I met some of your relatives and they were present at the anniversary." Hestia frowned when she remembered the disgusting look she received from the same relatives during Lila and Leo's anniversary.
"My parents and Lance arrived late and I was at the bar drinking."
" So you went straight to the bar without greeting your cousin a happy birthday, is that right?"
"I greeted him through text." Damon nonchalantly said.
Hestia laughed. "What a loving cousin you are!"
Damon smirked. "By the way, why don't you come live with me."
Hestia was taken by surprise. "Mmhh... can I think about it?"
"Sure but only for a day and the only answer I accept is a yes."
"Wow! Thanks for giving me time to think." Hestia glared at Damon. 'What a prudent guy.'
"As a businessman, I should make decisions that give me a hundred percent success rate as a result and it also applies to my personal life. Perfect planning produce great results, remember that sweetheart." He grinned.
Hestia rolled her eyes. "Hmph!"
The stewardess serving their drinks almost lost her grip on the gla.s.s when she heard their big boss boisterous laugh. 'Their Madam is quite an amazing woman if she can make their poker face boss to laugh with abandon.' She glanced at the woman besides their boss and she was mesmerized at how beautiful Hestia was.
The stewardess look away from Hestia when she caught Damon's piercing look. "What are you looking at?" Damon coldly scolded the woman staring at his sweetheart.
"Stop scaring the poor girl! I'm sorry, mmm..." Hestia glanced at the stewardess name tag. "I'm sorry Melanie, you did not deserve to be scolded like that." She apologetically looked at the beautiful stewardess and offered her a warm smile.
Melanie blushed. "No worries madam, there's no harm done." She shyly smiled.
Hestia happily clasped Melanie's hand. "What a good girl you are unlike a certain someone I know."
Damon pulled Hestia's hand away from Melanie's hand. "If you're done with your job go back to your seat."
Hestia squints her eyes at Damon.
"What?! I don't like the way she's looking at you." Damon glared at the annoying stewardess.
"What look are you talking about? You're overthinking it too much." Hestia was really puzzled.
"I just don't like it when people stare at you for too long. Have you not heard about the saying that you can fall in love with a person by staring at them for too long?" Damon seriously asked.
"What?" Hestia shaked her head. "I'm sorry once again Melanie and thank you for your service, why don't you return to your seat and relax I can handle the rest from here."
Melanie smiled brightly. "Thank you madam!" Melanie happily returned to her seat. 'Their Madam is a very kind woman, she is the total package. From having a beautiful face and a pure heart no wonder their big boss fell in love. Jeez, she may even have a girl crush.'
When Melanie returned to her seat and was out of sight, Damon was still glaring at the door Melanie entered.
"Will you stop glaring at the poor door?" Hestia gave Damon a chocolate. "Here eat this to cheer you up."
"Open it for me please sweetheart." Damon batted his eyelashes to act cute.
Hestia rolled her eyes but her lip was turned upward. "You're not a kid anymore. You can open it on your own."
Damon looked at her with begging eyes. "Pretty please sweetheart."
Hestia laughed. "Fine!" She unwrapped one of the chocolates and gave it to Damon.
"Ah." Damon opened his mouth and he gestured Hestia to feed him the chocolate.
"What a baby!" Hestia popped the chocolate in Damon's mouth and he ate it with gusto.