The Vindication Gents

Chapter 2.19

Christina Dobulski’s POV

After I got the call from Tony, I went to the bathroom, which was in his bedroom. I don’t know why Tony asked for this room specifically, but it was annoying. Why do I have to get out of my room to get to the toilet? What if I had to pee in the middle of the night and Tony was awake because of my clumsiness?

I think I wanted to slap Tony for being so stupid this time. Urgh!

I was looking at myself in the mirror as the dark circles were huge under my eyes. I needed to get them under control before I was looking around the en-suite bathroom. It was nice and I think once I am done with this PA thing, I will ask my father for the decoration of my bathroom.

That, at least, is the thing he can do for me after abandoning me for 25 years.

I sighed before I went to the shower and took a quick one. I don’t know what to do but I have to make it quick. Knowing Tony, he would barge into the bathroom if I was not fully ready before he arrived.

And maybe I was looking forward to that. So that I can seduce him.

I shook that thought away before I grabbed the towel and ran out of the bathroom at lightning speed. I was looking forward to this shopping trip as I will be looking very closely at how Tony chose his materials and maybe I can cooperate that later on.

“Christina?” Tony’s voice was filling the air as I was pulling the blouse on top of my head and smoothing it out before Tony barged into my room.

I told you he would barge in without warning.

“I thought I told you to be ready in 10 minutes,” he said as I was rolling my eyes at him. I was wearing my blouse with a skirt. It was a nice compliment before I went to get my sandals to pair them up.

“You look nice,” he said as he was leaning against the door frame, looking at me up and down. I felt like I was being undressed by him.

“Well, it’s the decent one that I have,” I said as I was brushing my hair before I wanted to pull it into a ponytail.

“Leave it down,” he said before he was standing behind me, running his fingers through my hair to smooth it.

“You know what, on second thought, I think I wanted to French braid it. May I?” He asked before I was nodding at him. We were in silence as I was waiting for him to finish. Usually, it was my nanny who would play with my hair. Tony would be the first man to ever touch my hair.

and I think I liked it.

“Alright, all done,” he said as I was looking at myself in front of the mirror. It was nice and I think I could not believe I was looking very decent without my wild hair.

“Now, chop. We have until the end of the week to be done with this and I would much like to go back to Milan as soon as possible,” he said as he was dragging me out of the room as I was taking my backpack.

“Tony, will you calm down? The shops will not be going anywhere,” I said before he closed the door and we were out in the lobby in a speed-record time. He opened the door for me as I went inside the car before he took the keys from the valet as he went to the driver’s seat and sped off from the hotel to the shopping complex that he knew.

Now, we were standing in front of Iulius Mall finding all the things that Tony would be looking for.

“Well, I wanted you to go to the textile boutique and ask them if they have red satin or nylon,” he said as I was staring at the mall. Okay, maybe I should stop gawking at things.

“What about you?” I asked him as he was looking at his notes. He was mumbling something as I was trying to figure out the textile boutique.

“Hey, Christina, I haven’t asked you to leave yet.”

“But, you gave the instructions,” I replied to him. He scoffed before he shook his head.

“Even with a simple instruction, you’re such a mess. No, you will be going with me,” Tony said.

Ouch, that hurts more than it should.

I shrugged as I was following him into the store by store. We were looking around at the equipment. Tony said the quality of the material should be the focus, not the price.

“So, how can you tell the difference between nylon and satin, Christina?” Tony asked me as I was looking at the materials. I should have known this but I was drawing a blank right now.

I don’t remember we have a test in reality?!

“Well?” Tony asked as I was looking at the equipment. I took a deep breath before I was looking at the materials and touched them.

“Well, the nylon was from the synthetic polymers that were originally developed as a textile fiber. So they can be a little rough but satin on the other hand,” I said as I touched the second material and I felt its smooth texture. I smiled at Tony.

“Satin is a smooth, lustrous fabric usually of silk or synthetic fiber. It is slippery, smooth and ultra-glossy so it would give more of a wealthy vibe from the person that was wearing it, especially if you ironed it before you wear it,” I said as I was looking at Tony. He was amused by my assessment before he took the satin yard and we were off to the next store.

“Okay, alright then, we have to get some cake that was ordered by the couple,” he said as he went inside the store before he met with the owner of the shop. I was surprised that he knew the owner.

I thought he was from Italy.

“Ah, how rude of me to not introduce my PA to you, Luke. Christina, this is Luke Dalca. He was my schoolmate back when we were in high school,” Tony said as I was shaking hands with Luke. His hand was warm.

“Nice to meet you, Christina. Say, is he hard to please?” He asked me before Tony smacked the back of his head. Luke laughed.

“Well, you’re still an ass.”

“And you’re still a busy body,” Tony said before he was looking at the cakes on display. It was luxurious and tasty that made my mouth water even more. We hadn’t had lunch yet and now I was crazy about some dessert.

“Do you have vanilla and chocolate cake?” Tony asked Luke.

“You know I do,” Luke said as he was smirking at Tony. He rolled his eyes at him before whispering to me.

“He’s a cocky one. Be careful with him.”

“I heard that,” he said as he was back at the store, looking for the cake. A few minutes later, he was out in the front again.

“Well, how much do you need?”

“How big can you make?” Tony asked.

“Well, I can make it as big as possible but I have to make sure that I have the ingredients. I need to tell my workers to get it if you ask more than I have now,” Luke said as he was putting his hands on his hips.

“Well, you can work with what you have. I think that would suffice. I will check with my client and if they think they need more, I will tell you,” Tony said as he was making some notes before he was hugging Luke again.

“It was nice to meet you, ma’am,” Luke said as he was shaking his hand with me.

“Likewise,” I smiled before we were out of the store.

“Well, he seems nice,” I said as we were walking around, as Tony was looking up from his notes to look at me.

“Well, you don’t have to attach you to him. He’s dangerous,”

“Why?” I asked him.

“Just because…I told you so, okay? Now, let’s get some lunch,” he growled before he went ahead of me. I was shaking my head at his sudden mood swing but I think I was the only one that he showed it to.

He was always happy-go-lucky with his other assistants.

I smiled at that thought before I went after him. He was ahead of me and I don’t know a damn soul in this country.

“Wait up!” I shouted as I went to Tony’s side before he glared at me. He opened the door for me before I thanked him. We were at the cafe that Tony chose, maybe because he had been there before.

“What would you like today?” The waiter asked. He was wearing a name tag named Adrian.

“We will have a special lunch and ice coffee for me. What would you like for your drink, bella?” Tony asked me as I was looking at the menu.

“I have the orange juice please,”

The waiter nodded before he went to place our orders. 10 minutes later, we had our food and we dug in without not many words being exchanged between us. After Tony paid for our lunches, we went out of the shopping mall and back to our hotel.

I think today has been a productive day for us both.