LOVING A MANNEQUIN

Chapter 27: Curiosity Doesn't Bring Anything Good - Part 2

*NO ONE POV*

"How is the food for you?" Angelo asked even though they had just started eating.

Barbie fed her mouth with chicken adobo, "Hmmmm, it is delicious. It tastes really good." But - - your cooking is even better."

"Really? Then next time, I'll just cook at your house instead of going out." Angelo's eyes lit up with joy. 

"Sure, I would love that."

Angelo stopped eating and stared at Barbie. Barbie noticed this so she rubbed her mouth but Angelo still did not take his eyes off from her.

"Why are you keep staring at me? Is there something in my face?" Barbie asked shyly.

Angelo did not answer, but slowly leaned over and  stretched out on the table and put his fingers in Barbie's mouth. Barbie thought Angelo would kiss her so she closed her eyes but she was embarrassed when he whispered, "There's a grease in your mouth." Angelo rubbed the side of Barbie's lips temptingly with his finger and sucked them.

Barbie turned her face away, "What are you doing?"

Angelo drew a closed-mouth smirk, ignoring the girl's astonished face. "Hmmmm, you're right. It's indeed delicious."

Behind Angelo, Nelia, Jess, Celine and Kris were listening intently to what they were talking about while covering their faces in the magazine.

The four faced each other at the table which was good for four. Nelia and Jess were facing Barbie while Celine and Kris were facing Anica's table.

"Celine, did you hear what the two are talking about? Because our grandma keeps blushing." Jess whispered. 

"I don't hear much. Their voices are too low." Celine replied, suppressing her giggle.

"Then what are you giggling in there?" Jess raised one of her eyebrows.

"It doesn't matter if we don't hear what they are saying. The important thing is that our shy grandmother is confirmed dating. And they even kissed twice more." Nelia shivered in excitement.

"We're not sure if they really kissed. We didn't see the angle." Kris said.

"PssssstttTt! Quiet? I'm listening." Celine rebuked them. Everyone thought that her attention was focused on listening to Barbie, what they did not know was that she was actually watching and listening to Anica.

"Mr. Oliver, what do you mean by this?" Asked by the girl in an irritated tone who was facing her back at Celine's table. "You even brought a chaperon in our first meeting. This is ridiculous."

"Who's the chaperon--"

Eric suddenly put his arm around Anica who was about to speak. "Miss Cruz, I think you misunderstood my relationship with this fabulous and pretty girl next to me. She is not a normal chaperon or friend. She is my girlfriend, Anica." 

Eric took Anica's hand and intertwined their fingers. Anica secretly tried to pull her hand but Eric locked them tight. 

"Girlfriend?" The girl drew a taunting smirk. "Are you kidding me Mr. Oliver? All I know, you are single. You don't have a girlfriend. That is what my information said."

"You investigate me? Don't you think that's funny? You are intruding other's privacy." Eric jaws clenching from inside his looking young face. "Just so you know, your information is wrong. I have a girlfriend and she is the proof."

Without permission, Eric suddenly turned Anica around. He cupped her cheeks and kissed her gorgeously. The girl was shocked and did not move immediately. Anica only managed to react when the man's lips parted from hers. 

The two stared at each other intently. 

Anica was about to slap Eric when the man also raised his hand and met the girl's hand and gently locked them in the air again.

Anica blushed while the other woman just watched them angrily.

Eric brought his face closer to Anica, straight to her ear which brought a twitching sensation to Anica's body. "My car costs a lot. Since you are paid to be my girlfriend today, then serve me well. Give me a full package of your service." The man giggled and added, "I am getting addicted with your lips. Impressive. I did not expect that."

"You-"

Anica tried to escape from Eric's embrace but she also stopped when he added, "If we fail our mission today, you will pay me double the price of my car."

"You jerk." Anica whispered back as she awkwardly grinned towards the woman in front of them and hugged Eric. "Miss Cruz, look at my boyfriend. We love and are too obsessed with each other so much, so I am afraid you have to stay away from him because you have no single chance to be with him at all. You will only end up crying if you keep persisting to get him. Of course, no one can snatch him from me. He is only mine."

"This is unbelievable!" Miss Cruz gritted her teeth. 

Because of what she saw, Celine couldn't help but laugh and jumped her ass on her chair while she was constantly shaking her workmates. Celine did not know that Angelo had noticed them since the beginning. 

Angelo didn't like others bothering him, so a crazy smile drew on Angelo's lips and after a while, Celine's chair slowly slid away without someone touching. When the girl sat down again after shaking and tapping her friends in thrill watching Anica's intimate scene with Eric, the chair tilted suddenly causing her to fall.

Everyone was surprised. In order to stop from falling to the floor, Celine clung her hand on the table, causing the opposite edge of the table arch. Nelia and Jess also moved and immediately pulled the table down quickly again. Because of the speed of the two pulling the table, the glass full of grape juice tossed above and spilled onto supposed to be Eric's blind date girl. Not only was the juice poured on her, the glass was also thrown on her head.

"What the hell is happening? Who did this?" The girl shouted angrily while wiping herself. 

Though Celine's butt was in pain and she was embarrassed, everybody couldn't help but sniggered while exclaiming, "We're over!" 

Only because of that fuss, Barbie noticed them. Barbie stood up and walked over, "Nelia, Jess, Kris, and Celine? Oh so you guys followed me here?" 

"No. No. No. We are here for Anica. Not for you." Celine defended and so everyone nodded.