Andrea woke up in a familiar room. She stood up and the dizziness enveloped her head, making her feel nauseous. She held her head and calmed herself until the pain go away, little by little.
Without a second thought, she immediately shove away the blanket. To her relief, her clothes are still intact.
"As I remember, I was very drunk last night. Who drove me home?" Andrea tried to remember what happened last night and when some of it became clear to her, she was dumbfounded and she's lost of words.
"Looks like the drunk woman just woke up."
She heard someone spoke from her side. As she turned her gaze towards the door and she saw a tall man, holding a tray with a bowl of soup and a medicine.
Andrea's eyes widened and she immediately covered herself with a blanket.
"What the fuck are you doing in my room?"
"That's not a nice thing to say to someone who drove you here last night. Can you at least say thank you?" Xeno strides slowly towards the side of the bed and put the tray in the table.
Andrea watched as he stirs the soup gently. She leaned on the headboard of the bed.
"Eat first then you can have the medicine here to ease the pain of hangover."
"Can I ask something, Mr. Xeno?"
Xeno dragged the chair that he found in the corner and sat down quietly.
"You're already asking."
Tss. Still so arrogant. She let out a deep breath, avoiding an argument.
"Why are you there last night?"
"Hmm.. My friends told me that they wanted to have a drink and coincidentally they chose Ms. Angel's Bar. I didn't know you were there too."
"Oh I see."
"Do you remember what you did last night?"
Her heart skip a beat upon hearing what he just said. Although she remembered the time in the bar, she couldn't remember what happens next and she just found herself in her own room right now.
"N-no.. I don't remember. It's kinda blurry. Ahmm.. What did I do last night?" She shyly said.
Please tell me I didn't do anything wrong.
"Secret. Don't mind it, darling." He teasingly said and poked her nose.
"Secret? You took advantage of me when I'm drunk, right?" She's getting pissed by the tone of Xeno's voice.
"Nope. I'm not a kind of man who will take advantage of a drunk woman."
Andrea is still suspecting him.
"Tell me the whole story." She asked him while crawling to sit in front of him.
"It's a secret. Why would I tell you?" He laughed to Andrea's expression.
"Tell me or I'm gonna kick you out of here."
"I won't tell and please if you wanna let me out of here, change the word kick into kiss. Kiss me out of here." he moved his eyebrows up and down.
"Pervert!" She throw a pillow towards him but he just dodged it by simply moving his head to the side.
"Just so you know, we're just in a relationship for our both benefits. No feelings involved and no physical contact as well." She added.
'No physical contact? I don't know about that. Maybe it's best if I really keep it a secret. She might burst out.' He thought.
"By the way, eat the soup while it's hot and have your medicine. It'll help ease your headache." Xeno stood up and returned the chair from where he found it.
"Don't dodge the topic! Mr. Xeno Louindelle!"
Xeno acted like he didn't hear what she said and turned his back on her to look around the room.
On the other hand, Andrea's head begins to hurt again so she was left with no choice but to eat the soup and immediately take the medicine before it gets worse.
"As expected from you, you have a neat and girly room." he said as he roam around Andrea's room, sliding his fingers to the walls.
"Don't touch anything or I'll cut your fingers off", she hissed.
"Alright, darling. Relax."
Andrea rolled her eyes but it doing it caused her head pain so she immediately regretted doing that.
While Xeno was looking around, Andrea started to eat and to her surprise, the soup was delicious and soothing.
"I didn't expect that someone like you can cook like this."
"Of course, I'm not just some random rich and handsome guy with no skills on cooking. Let me know if you love it, I'll cook for you everyday. Except if I'm so busy, of course."
"No need for that, I can cook for myself. This will be the last time that you will cook for me."
"We'll see about that. And also I won't stop saying this, please call me darling, darling."
She gave him a disgusted look.
"No."
"You're so hard to persuade."
"It's good that you know. After I finished, you can go," slowly increasing her chewing pace to finish the soup quickly.
Andrea finished eating the soup and took her the medicine beside the bowl. She looked at the clock in the celling and saw that it's already 10 AM.
"You should go home now....Thanks for driving me home last night." She said while looking at Xeno's back and broad shoulders. He's standing beside the closet. Staring at the wall.
"What are you looking at? You look like a creep."
"Hmm...I should really go home now. Ahm...Rest." Xeno said without looking at her. He looked startled and he hurriedly rushed outside.
Andrea observed him as he walked out the door but she did notice him turning red like a tomato.
"What happened to him? Does he have a fever? Why are his ears red?" Confused about his actions, she walked towards the direction where Xeno was standing a while ago.
When she realized what he was staring at, her blood boils and her face turned red of embarrassment.
"Xeno Louindelle! You asshole!"
It was her exposed pink bra in her laundry basket.
Meanwhile, Xeno walked with long strides towards the elevator. And when he got inside the elevator, he leaned at the corner and covered his face with his both hands.
Shit! I shouldn't have stared at her.....I'm acting like a prevert. Geez..He gently slapped his face.
"I am so ridiculous. I hope she didn't find out about it or I won't be able to go to her room again." he grabbed his hair... still regretting.
The elevator opened and he's now in the parking lot. Xeno immediately walked to his car and got inside of it. He held on the steering wheel and tries to calm himself before driving off.
In the middle of driving, his phone rang.
William calling....
Xeno answered the call while still looking in the front road.
"Xeno boy, where the heck did you go last night. We're worried sick for you, dude." voice of a man is heared on the other line.
"I just drove my girlfriend home. Stop overreacting." Xeno said while smiling.
"You scum! You're one hella lucky bastard. You already have a girlfriend while we're still single. Also, when are you planning to introduce your girlfriend to us? Maybe she have some other single friends. You can back us up." William said with a whining tone.
"No can do. Of course, I will introduce Andrea to you guys, sooner or later but I'm afraid I'll back out in introducing her friends to you. They are her friends and I don't want to endanger them because of you." Xeno said, warning his friends.
He can hear his other friends laughing on the other line.
"Don't be like that, Xeno. We just want to be out of the single stage and settle down with a shawty. From my own research, Andrea was friends with some rich and beautiful girls. Hmm.." another man said on the other line, it's not William who spoke.
"Yes, I met some of them. So what? " Xeno turned right and drove slowly.
"Oh! I get it, you remember that our man here, Lexx is having a birthday party next week?"
Xeno is getting near to his company.
Shoot! I forgot I have a meeting right now with the stock holders. He thought.
"Xeno boy? You still there?" William asked.
"Yes, I'm still listening. I forgot that he was having a party. What then?" Xeno is sensing that these friends of his are planning something.
"Aww, Lexxy here is hurt."
"Shut the fuck up, dude. I'm not having a party. It's just a simple dinner with my family and their business partners." Lexx said on the other line.
"Shh! I'm trying to say something. Let me finish first", William said irritatingly.
"So yeah, he's having a party and maybe you can invite your girlfriend and her friends over. Don't say no, please.."
Xeno sighed to his pleading friend.
"I think I can persuade Andrea but I don't think I can persuade her friends. But I'll try. I'm warning y'all. These ladies are the Denvor's pride. Don't act recklessly."
"Yes!"
"Yohooo!"
"That's more like it!"
"Tssk!"
"That's what I'm talking about! Thanks Xeno my boy", William said happily.
Xeno smiled hearing their shouts through the phone.