Marriage And Love Again

The alarm didn’t go off, so when Suny woke up, it was more than seven. The sun gleamed through the quiet room. Last night’s feelings of excitement, intensity, and happiness were still vivid in her mind. Suny instinctively touched her blazing cheeks.

“M, open the curtains.” Her voice was cracked.

She quickly got off the bed, and when she finished her daily routine, it was almost nine.

Suny heard Austin’s voice when she walked down the stairs, and through a hollow Chinese-style screen, she saw him making a call.

“That’s it. Rearrange the meeting to this afternoon.”

Austin ended the call and walked to Suny. “Still hurt?”

“No.” Her cheeks immediately flamed, and her eyes darted around the house to find an excuse to get her out of this embarrassing situation. Thank God! Catching a glimpse of the bags on the table, she raised her voice and asked, “Breakfast?”

“This one is pumpkin chocolate chip pancake and that one is avocado toast,” Austin said as he unboxed the takeout.NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

“I’ll take the avocado one.”

Austin placed some chocolate pancakes on Suny’s plate.

Suny was busy chewing the toast, and suddenly, the room fell into a peaceful silence.

The morning breeze brushed across the room, rustling against Suny’s red cheeks. Austin reached out to help Suny tuck her hair behind her ears.

Suny lifted her eyes at him, grinning. “Do you have a meeting this morning?”

“I shift it to this afternoon.”

Suny lowered her head and her lips sealed into a smile.

Well, Austin changed.

After breakfast, Suny received Rosa’s call.

Suny was supposed to be at the company now, so Rosa just called to check out.

“Well, I’m feeling a bit under the weather. I want to take a day off.”

Rosa put her worries down. “Have a good rest, Miss Holland.”

As she hung up, Austin called her name.

“What’s wrong?” Suny asked with raised eyebrows.

“Any idea for lunch?”

It wasn’t the first thought in his mind, but after last night, he decided to drop the idea.

Suny looked into Austin’s eyes, and asked tentatively, “How about Mr. Johnson cook for me?”

People said a man would do whatever a woman wanted after sex. Suny just wanted to prove it.

“Okay, but I never cook before.”

He could handle eggs, but definitely not a table of food.

“I trust you!”

Austin ordered some ingredients from a grocery store and ran back and forth in the kitchen.

Suny leaned against the doorframe, glazing over at Austin into a faraway stare. Her memory of her mom’s voice talking to her dad in the good old days flickered back into her thoughts. Like Suny, her mother wasn’t a good cook. So, her father took over most of the kitchen jobs. Suny once learned how to cook but screwed it up later. Her father worried that she couldn’t get married because of her bad cooking skills, but her mother always defended her. “Perhaps Suny will marry a good guy. Who knows?”

Suny wished her father was still alive.

If her father was here, he must love this man.

“What are you thinking about?”

The deep voice brought her back to reality. Austin had stood in front of her, looking adorable with a lovely apron.

“Austin, you look funny wearing this apron.”

Austin peered down at the apron. “But you gave it to me.”

“Have you finished, chef?”

“Not yet.”

“Then what are you doing here?”

As her voice fell, Austin stuffed a piece of tomato into her mouth, “How’s it?”

“Sweet,” Suny chewed it slowly.

“Grade it from one to ten?”

“Why don’t you try it yourself?”

“Oh, you’re right.”

As he spoke, he pulled Suny close to his chest and kissed her. His tongue pried her lips open.

Literally, Austin was trying.

After half a minute, he reluctantly withdrew his tongue out and left her. “Well, it’s sweet. Then no more sugar.”

Suny touched her lips in a trance. She didn’t recover from the “sweet attack” minutes ago.

The phone buzz pulled her back to reality. “Oh, I have to pick up the phone.”

It was a call from Alicia.

She answered the call on the balcony. The sunlight was burning outside.

“What’s the matter?”

“Do you still remember your promise?”

“Yeah?”

“The recording will start next Saturday. Leave a block of time open this weekend. Love you, bye.”

“Alright.”

This phone call reminded Suny of her conversation with Robert days ago.

What if she took Austin to her grandfather’s birthday party?

Would her grandpa be pissed?

That was a big problem.