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I laughed. “Yeah, sure it is.”
He broke out into a smirk, and I giggled again as he placed a kiss on my lips.
We felt the car come to a complete stop, and we pulled away from each other. Archer opened the door and held his hand out for me to take. I took it slowly, and he helped me out as he noticed my difficulty with my dress and heels.
We walked to the entrance and were taken to our table. He pulled my chair out for me, and I thanked him as I sat. He took his seat in front of me, and I smiled.
“It’s beautiful here,” I said, looking around as the classical music filled our ears. He nodded in agreement, but I could tell he wasn’t as concerned about the decor. After a few minutes of looking at the menu, the waiter took our orders, and it was just the two of us again.
“Tell me about yourself, Archer,” I started, and he chuckled.
“What is it that you want to know that you don’t know already, Delilah?”
“What makes you happy?” I asked him, and he looked into my eyes and pondered his answers.
“Other than you... Some aspects of school and work and Sterling, although he counts for only 0.01% of my happiness.”
I laughed at his answer, and he grabbed my hand from across the table and tilted his head. “Why do you ask?”
I bit my lip. “Does your family make you happy?”
He sighed, “Vivienne is tolerable and loving. My father is out for his interest most of the time, and my brother—I wish I couldsay better things about him—we’re not exactly on the best of terms as of lately.” He left the conversation there and I decided not to pry further as the subject clearly bothered him
“What makes you happy, Princess?” he continued, and I smiled.
“A lot of things used to make me happy. My family, my dancing... but I think being with you has shown me a different kind of happiness: one that I knew I always wanted to feel with you, but due to the unfortunate circumstance of you making me afraid of you, I couldn’t experience that joy until recently.”
“So I’m the most important factor in your happiness?” he asked, taking a sip of water.
I sighed. “Please don’t tell me that’s all you gained from that.”
He smiled. “You know I’m just kidding.”
“Eh, at some point, I just forget. You draw a very thin line between your actual thoughts and jokes,” I joked.
We continued our small banter-like conversation as our dishes arrived. The rich aroma of spices and savory herbs filled the air, immediately making me eye the rather enticing garlic mashed potatoes and garnished veggies in anticipation.
Archer chuckled at my reaction and soon began to eat.
While I ate, I couldn’t help but people-watch every so often. Everyone ate with their silver spoons in one hand and their napkin in the other. Though I had no place to judge, I would prefer if I could hear laughter other than mine and Archer’s or feel some kind of excitement.
After a moment, Archer stood, and I looked up at him quickly. “I’ll be right back.”
I watched him with curiosity as he approached our waiter and started talking. The look on the waiter’s face had changed to one of slight fear and uncertainty as he explained something to Archer. I could tell Archer didn’t like the answer he received as he opened his wallet and handed the man a few hundred-dollarbills. The waiter then looked around discreetly and gave Archer a key.
Archer returned to our table and held his hand out to me.
“Come with me.”
Grabbing his hand cautiously, I narrowed my eyes. “The waiter looked scared… Did you threaten or bribe him for whatever we’re about to do?”
“A little bit of both. I noticed these people sucking the life out of you and decided we should have some fun.”
“And what are we about to do, Archer?”
“Trust me, Princess.”
I rolled my eyes at him as he watched me with a smile as he moved with my hand in his. The people looked at us in curiosity as we squeezed in between the tables, and I tried to contain my giggles as we went up the stairs.
