Lawfully His Book 1.

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

DINNER Food

Melissa

"Ooh, smells good merchandise, I can't wait to dig in but where the hell is Aries? He is always on time, that's weird." Sam had already freshened up and was wearing dark grey tracksuit pants with a white linen shirt looking dashing up, as ever.

We were both famished but we decided to wait for His Majesty to grace us with his presence.

"Yeah, he usually lectures others to be on time and now he himself isn't present. What happened to him; I hate lateness." I said, mimicking his voice, causing Sam to hold his stomach and laugh his ass off. "That's right my little merchandise, maybe God is engaging him purposely so that we can have our turn in lecturing him." I grinned from ear to ear hearing him. If this was really my chance, I'm going to have it.

"Yeah, definitely we should. He has the guts to scold others on every trivial matter and now we have got the opportunity. Let him come, just let him come, that prime and proper bastard. I shall show him who Melissa Jane Alexopoulos is." I said to Sam firmly with determination. Sam sent me an excited wink before exclaiming, "That's the spirit!" I nodded my head with a proud smile, mentally preparing myself for my battle. "But little merchandise, you start and then I'll continue." There, Sam's hesitancy had my confidence backing out "Oh my friend, no need to be a chicken. I can handle him just fine, from the start till the end. Just wait and watch, he won't ever dare to be late again after I'm done with him." I said sternly. Realizing something, a wicked smile formed on my lips. I wriggled my eyebrows at Sam in a teasing manner and said, "Why dear friend, I got the perfect name for you." Sam shot me a warning yet confused look.

"Don't worry Sammy chicken. When Melissa is here, no need to fear!" I grinned at him and his eyes widened.

"Oh no, not that, when my ladies want to seduce me, they call me Sammy if you must know." He smirked and the grin slipped off my face. "Ooh, but you didn't hear me correctly, for me you are Sammy Chicken."

Now it was my turn to smirk at him. I'm enjoying this! God, where was His Highest? I seriously couldn't wait anymore to lecture him. I clamped my palms together in excitement.

"Oh please, my little merchandise, don't call me that. The name is obviously humiliating, I'm not a chicken." Sam whined at me while giving me one of his best puppy looks.

A guy can't be a chicken and a puppy at the same time!

Shut up!

"And I'm not merchandise either. By the way, the name suits you, you always chicken out at the last moment. Now... now, let me concentrate on my mission, he is still not here Sammy Chicken. Do you think something is wrong?" I asked him, I was starting to get worried now. Has something happened to him?! Oh God, has he finally come to the island?! The one after us! Oh no, no, keep calm Melissa. I should stop being pessimistic.

"No, nothing can happen here, trust me... merchandise. Perhaps he is caught up with some work and he won't come to dinner." Sam placed his hand on top of mine, reassuring me. That is impossible, he clearly requested...

No... He ordered me to cook food and knowing him, he would definitely come to check.

I shook my head at Sammy Chicken before starting with finality, "No, I don't think so. He will come and I'll give him such scolding that he will even forget his own name. I mean who does that, to keep a lady waiting is rude, doesn't he know about that? Just wait and watch Sammy Chicken, let him come. He will understand the consequences of messing with Melissa. Let the bastard come."

"You may want to tell me who the bastard Fernando is!" I choked on my saliva and fell off my chair when I heard that voice. Sam immediately stood up and gave me a hand to get up.

He was biting his lips, trying hard not to laugh. Asshole! I placed my hand on my derrière, damn that hurt!

Damnation, why does he have to startle me every time?

"Careful merchandise." I glared at my so-called friend and went to sit on my chair. Aries approached the table and sat at the head of the dining table. The 'person with intellectual disabilities' was still wearing his suit and he looked irresistible as heaven. As soon as he sat on his chair, all the confidence flew out of the window.

Neither Sam nor I dared to give him a piece of mind. I quietly took a piece of the meatloaf and shoved it in my mouth.

Woah!! Is this really the one I prepared?

I closed my eyes, humming at the delicious taste. It was fantastic!

"Damn little merchandise, I must say this is really good." I grinned at Sammy's chicken and mouthed a quick thank you at him. We both turned toward Aries, waiting for him to say something. One second passed, then two and soon 3 seconds went down, and still nothing. I realized that he wasn't going to compliment me even though he liked the food.

Stupid me, how can I forget, he is one arrogant bastard. "You are a lucky husband man, you have a wife who is good in the cooking department. It's infrequent nowadays, you know," Sammy told him.

He ignored him and continued to eat his meal. That brass of a man!

Sam shrugged and turned to me with a cheeky smile, "Little merchandise, I want you to teach me how to cook this Are you free tomorrow?" I choke and started to cough.

Without wasting time, I gulped down my glass of water.

"You want to cook," I asked Sammy chicken in bewilderment. What the hell! I mean, just imagine Sammy Chicken in an apron trying to cook food on the stove. That seems totally weird. It's so -not Sam Drakos. "Don't be surprise merchandise, we men have undiscovered talents." I raised an eyebrow at him before muttering nonchalantly, "That's cool!" Sammy Chicken and I kept chatting during supper, which annoyed His Majesty. He kept clearing his throat, it seemed like someone hates being ignored.

"Hey, you didn't tell me that you had a brother."

"You didn't ask."

"That's not an excuse Sammy chicken!" I snapped at him accusingly.

"Ah, well my brother is a complete asshole." I broke into fits of giggles hearing him. That's expected the constant bickering between Siblings. I always wanted to have a brother or sister. Being the only child is boring and lonely. And my mother was never there for me, so I had only Demy at my side. Oh, Demy, I miss you! "Yup and I'm not joking, he is an idiotic asshole.".

"You ought to mind your language, Samuel." Aries snarled at him, finally losing his calm. Seriously, what's your problem dude? Not everyone likes to be a silent spider like you! "Hold on to your horse man, no need to nap. I'm having a nice conversation with my little merchandise. Are you jealous?" Sammy Chicken asked him, a wicked grin planted on his face. I look down at my plate embarrassingly.

"That's ludicrous Samuel, and cease with the nonsense discussion." Sam closed his mouth immediately raising his hand up in surrender. Aries turned his face in my direction and I gulped. Why does he always have that intimidating look that can make me almost in my pants? pee He pointed his finger at me and said, "And as for you, mayhap you should tell me who is the bastard, you were talking about." I gasped at him openly then looked at Sammy Chicken for help but as expected, the traitor was looking here and there. Oh sweet macaroni, I thought he forgot about it. Damn! Now what? "Uhghm.." I pretended to clear my throat while thinking of an excuse. What should I tell him, where is my fairy godmother? I need help here.

Yeah right, just minutes ago you were talking about giving him a piece of mind, what happened now?! I offered Aries a stupid smile before saying nervously, "Umm- that, uh it was nothing really. I was talking about it doesn't matter." someone, "I highly doubt that." He stated calmly then raised his one perfect scythe-shaped eyebrow as if he still waiting for the right answer. The damn, he never accepts defeat, does he?! "Yes my little merchandise, tell him who the bastard you were talking about is." Sammy Chicken interfered in between purposely, that moron. I glared at him fiercely only to have he poking his tongue at me childishly and I couldn't help but smile. "Uh-yes, umm back in New York, I had this friend who had a monkey as a pet. Her boyfriend gave it to her on Valentine’s Day and the monkey. I call him Bastard because he keeps throwing his food at me whenever I go to her place. That's what we were talking about, I was telling Sam about that stupid monkey." I said in a small voice. The lie came out easily. I didn't know where I got the foolish idea but I just threw out the first thing that popped into my mind. Sam burst out laughing as soon as I closed my mouth. That traitor, he was enjoying this. I looked at Aries, his lips twitched a little upward on the side. If I didn't know better, I would have said that he was smiling.

Many tiny smiles, barely there, but was it really?!

Oh my freaking God, did I really see a small smile there?!

Well, I could hardly call that a smile but still, the small twitch was definitely there. A wide smile spread on my lips, I like this.

This feeling, the atmosphere seems so jovial with Sammy's chicken's hearty laugh and his tiny -barely-there smile.

I was still staring at him, his face didn't contain the usual distant, hateful, and cold expression. On the contrary, he had a calm expression. "So you were planning on lecturing a monkey?" The sarcasm in his voice didn't go unnoticed by me Holy vampire! He heard about that?! That mean understood that I was talking about him, or not? I don't know, God! s**t, he is going to cut me into pieces. I can't die like this, I want a proper funeral for goodness sake. "Um, no... gh-am, ummb...uh."

"Excuse me Fernando, but I have never heard that kind of language. I'm afraid I don't understand what you are trying to say. I have never seen words like 'um, gh-am,ummb' in a dictionary either." That bastard, he was mocking me. No one can blame here, he is the one who is making me damn nervous.

"It's Latin!" I said stupidly.

Well, I couldn't think of anything better. He surely doesn't know about Latin, so yes, here everything goes. He opened his mouth to comment but didn't get the chance to as his cell started to ring. He immediately left the dining table and went outside to take the call. As soon as he left, I took a good number of mashed potatoes and threw them at Sammy's chicken.

The potatoes hit him directly in the face and the best part was that it was warm.

He cursed my grandfather before hurrying into the kitchen to wash his face. Good for him! I cleared my plate not leaving a single piece of meatloaf, a loud burp escaped my throat. Thank God, nobody was here. After washing the dishes, I wished Sam good night and went upstairs.

I entered my room lazily, I was pretty exhausted, and today has been one hell of a day! Aunt Andrea's face suddenly came into my mind, Aunty...

God, how can I forget about her? I need to talk to Aries and I'll do it right now. This has to be done, I can't imagine the state Aunty would be in right now, she won't be able to sleep.

The room was dark inside, who turned off the light? I hate darkness, not that I'm scared of it or anything. I just don't like it. I instantly went to switch on the light and turning around, I gasped in shock. Aries was sitting on the loveseat with his laptop on his lap. This is a complete workaholic! guy "Aries, I need to talk to you." I told him after mustering some courage, I have to do this for Aunty.

I knew that he wasn't going to answer me so I continued, "This is really important, it's about my aunt, Andrea."

"Don't waste my time with insignificant matters." He replied coldly without sparing me a glance.

"Please, I am begging you if I have to," I said softly, my voice cracking as I felt the moisture that was beginning to form in my eyes.