She could already see the wheels on his husband’s mind turning, coming up on ways to interfere in their daughter’s decision. She would not stand idly by and allow him to intrude again in their daughter’s affair.
“I agree with Laura. I think we should let Alexander and Daniella make their decisions on their own life.” Katherine disregarded his husband’s glare.
She knew she was going against their tradition, but he loved his son more. If his son would like to marry Daniella then that would be well and good, but if at some point, he wished to back away from the marriage, she felt that he should.
“But Katherine, it is not as if I was forcing him. It is a tradition that we can’t break. He willingly agreed to follow the tradition.” He informed his wife and their guests as well.
They should know that if their son asked her to marry him, then their daughter also willingly agreed to marry him without any of them forcing them.
“We understand that our kids can be stubborn sometimes, thinking that they already knew better whatever they needed to learn about life. But we are here to make sure that they are not making any mistakes that can jeopardize their future.” Ethan opened up the conversation with his thoughts.
He was not a man of many words. He did not like beating around the bush. If he wanted to discuss something, he would immediately say it without using too many colloquial words that meant nothing to him.
He was not letting her daughter date a man, let alone marry him, that he was not sure of his background and character. He had learned his lesson and he would make sure that this time around, the man would earn his place in his daughter’s side.
“I could not agree more,” Fred said with approval as he raised his glass to Ethan. “So, what do you have in mind?”
The two women at their side could only speculate what the two were talking about. But they would be listening vigilantly to make sure that their husbands would not go overboard with their plans. Katherine and Laura knew that their husbands would not put their kids in harms’ way.
That they were only thinking of what would be best for their kids’ future and their families.
Both wives would stand by their husbands’ decision as long as it did not impede too much on their children’s freedom, to live their life according to their wishes.
But with the two fathers teaming up, the two women were not sure if they could match up.
“Unfortunately, no one taught me. I learned to cook by myself during my college years. I find it relaxing when I am slaving away in the kitchen after a tedious day at school.” He told her as he placed the final touch on his masterpiece on the counter.
He presented her with some of his favorites. He was certainly doing this to impress her with his culinary skills. At least he hoped that it would matter to her, most girls were amazed if a man can cook. Then again, she was no ordinary girl.
It would take probably a lot before he could impress her, but he would certainly try. He was not a man who easily gave up when the going got tough. On the contrary, it motivated him more.
“For starter, prawn and avocado cocktail.” He placed two glasses on the table with a beautifully designed, perfectly cooked prawn on top of the avocado fusion. Before sitting in his place on the other side.
“Wow. Are you sure you cooked this?” She looked under the glass, examined the room, searching for a sign that someone else made this dish. It looked so mouthwatering. As if a gourmet chef had prepared their meal.
“Of course, I prepared all of them earlier and just finished preparing it when we got back.” He was not offended at all by her doubt about his cooking skills. He liked her inquisitiveness. He believed that girls who easily fall for his charms were boring. Eventually, they could not keep up with him.
But Daniella was different from them. She was a challenge to him that he could not decipher. One minute she was hot, the next thing he knew, she was cold as ice. But he could certainly remember her wild side.
“I hope it does taste good as it looks.” She teased him, not wanting to feed his ego too much. But from the smell of the room, she could already guess that he had something to brag about.
“I hope it is to your liking.” Smiling at her, as if daring her to have a taste.
She grabbed her fork and took a bite on the piece of prawn on her plate. She must admit, he was indeed a good cook. If this was their starter, she could not wait for the main dish.
“Ok. It is delicious.” She conceded when he would not take his eyes away from her face. She knew he was studying her, waiting for her reaction.
He then took a bite of his food too. “What about you? Do you cook?” He needed to know more about her too. Simple things liked that could put them in trouble if they were not careful.
“I can cook, but not as fancy as this.” She admitted.
Growing up with everything handed down to her did not exactly prepare her to do household chores. She had learned most of it after she decided to leave her home and lived alone.
But her hectic schedule and trying to build a career in the legal world did not exactly give her time to indulge in mundane tasks like cooking. She was happy just to be able to toast some bread and fried some eggs when she was busy preparing for a case.
Fortunately, Jacky was a great roommate. She had someone to help her out in the house. In truth, she did most of the cooking and cleaning in the house.
“Tell me more about yourself,” Alex asked as they started eating the first course of their meal.
The purpose of this date was to get to know each other, so they better started asking questions that they thought were relevant to their situation.
“I’m an only child if you have not read my file yet.” Which she doubted. She believed that a man like him would have seen her data as soon as he began to get interested in her. Then, she talked about her parents, who she believed were public knowledge.
“I love to run in the morning, do yoga, and sometimes dance.” She did take a lot of dance lessons when she was young.
“What about you?” She felt that in every piece of information she gave out, he should also do the same. It was the only fair way to do this.
“I am also an only son. I am not originally from this part of the continent. My parents did not want me to work here, but I fell in love with this country when I studied here as an exchange student. I have lived in this state ever since.” He stated as he recalled the first time that he stepped foot at an American University.
She was about to make a follow-up question, but he continued with his statement. “I also love to exercise. Jogging if I have the time, but when I don’t, I settle on my gym.”
Then, an alarm started interrupting their conversation. “I better get that. It is our main course.” He walked back to her kitchen and took out a tray of meat from the oven.
This time, she was sure that he was the one preparing the meal as he started working on the lamb. Placing it nicely on the plate, then plating it like he was a professional.
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