The Real Star Tonight
1059 Words
"finally, the real star is coming too," cindy said still with a smirk.
sofia rolled her eyes "i'm not here to hear your bullshit."
"who wants to talk to you, little chef?" cindy replied as she rolled her eyes. he just passed sofia to lean on arsenio's chest, "i knew you would come here~"
"yeah... i can see that," arsenio responded as he pulled his shoulders away from his chest, uncomfortably clinging to him every time they met. he also misses cindy, but not like that. with a smile on his lips, he went to sofia's place to hold her hand, "come on, i'm with you."
sofia smiled back too. he is glad he didn't forget it because cindy is here. he let her lead him to where eva was waiting for them.
eva immediately hugged arsenio tightly as soon as they were close enough, "finally you're back too. we really miss you~!"
arsenio chuckled "me too. it's nice to see you smile often now."
"this is all thanks to skylar and you guys who continue to support me," eva responded sincerely, then released her arms to look at sofia who had been silent for a long time, "nice to meet you again, ms. harrington."
"y-yes." sofia felt a little awkward with eva's big positive aura ending stammering.
"i've prepared a special meal for you, ms. sofia. i hope you like it, i'm a little nervous because you're a professional chef," eva said warmly with her shy laugh.
sofia slowly felt comfortable being close to eva who greeted her so warmly like this. to be honest, the last time they even met, eva was a nice woman, "you'd be surprised if i told you i actually prefer my mom's loving home cooking."
"hm? your mom is a professional chef too," arsenio said innocently, then laughed awkwardly getting a death glare from him. he just said the facts here, of course different dishes made by mia and eva.
"arsenio really likes to ruin someone's mood sometimes," eva said as she hit arsenio's shoulder hard enough not to say much about important things.
"i'm used to it," sofia said, "thank you for accepting me, after what happened..." he continued awkwardly.
"let the past be the past. arsenio's friend is also my friend, ms. sofia," eva said, then she remembered something, "ah ... yes you two are married, i'm so happy for you."
"unless it's just a fake marriage," cindy said before sofia could answer, "you know she's still stuck with dominic."
"cindy, enough." eva gave orders, "no drama is allowed in my house. i want you
"tsk, tsk, tsk. i'm here to tell the truth as it is, if someone triggers it means that person is immature," cindy said with her eyes glancing at arsenio and sofia alternately.
"i will judge later." eva opened the door of her house wide, "before that, let's all come in. skylar has been waiting for a long time."
arsenio entered first enthusiastically to finally be able to meet skylar after two years of separation. he looked around where the dining room had changed its location, "are you renovating?"
"yeah. i wanted to be able to cook while watching skylar play in the backyard that's why i renovated our house a bit," eva explained as she took the first step for him and the others to follow her, "skylar~? uncle arsenio is here~"
"uncle arsenio~!" there was a feminine, enthusiastic voice followed by the sound of a chair moving.
sofia tilted her head so she could see a little girl with black hair in two pigtails running from the next room hugging arsenio's legs.
'so this is dominic's daughter.'
sofia does not deny that the little girl is very beautiful and cute, like the female version of little dominic because everything is in the little girl, from hair color, eyes, to face.
arsenio raised skylar to be level with him, "how was your day, skylar?"
"it's amazing~ i made new good friends at school~" skylar answered enthusiastically by innocently spreading her tiny hands, "how about you? i heard you got married, uncle arsenio? why didn't you invite me and mom? we're friends, right?"
"of course we are friends," arsenio comforted him, caressing the top of his head affectionately, "our wedding was sudden that's why i didn't have time to invite you and eva."
"isn't marriage something sacred? we have to prepare a lot, uncle arsenio?" skylar who had curiosity asked innocently.
"of course," arsenio agreed, "but sometimes someone who loves too deeply can do the unexpected like immediately ask the person they love to marry. or there are people who want a simple wedding just registering their wedding without any celebration. luxurious."
"oh. so it's not that you don't like us?" skylar smiled broadly summing up the meaning of the words, "horay~!" she cheers after getting a nod from him. she was so scared when she got the news that he was getting married, but didn't invite her and her mother.
"you weren't there, but i took my wife with me," arsenio said as he turned to face sofia so skylar could see his wife clearly, "introduce the woman i love, sofia harrington."
sofia doesn't know how to act in front of small children because she is the only child in her family. he just waved awkwardly at skylar "hello, nice to finally meet you skylar."
arsenio came closer so skylar could see sofia more clearly.
"i'm happy to meet you too, ms. sofia. wow, you're much prettier than in the photo my mom gave me~" skylar said cheerfully.
"thank you," sofia was a little embarrassed to get such an innocent compliment from a little girl like her.
"still, i'm more awesome, right?" cindy joined in the chat full of pride.
"yes~" skylar answered with a small innocent laugh.
sofia rolled her eyes. in a warm situation like this still had time to try to show cindy was better than him. he was not angry, just felt so out of place.
"we'll continue after eating, okay? i'm sure you're all hungry~" eva ended the conversation which she thought was getting hot again.
"yeay! i'm so hungry, mom~" skylar cheered cheerfully.
"come on, sweetheart." eva invites warmly, carrying the skylar in her arms to a special chair that has a sunflower motif.
sofia followed behind in him.
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