Joslyn's pov
Let's just say that was the most embarrassment I have ever felt in my life. Periodt. Full stop. I ate in super speed while Jerome helped me clean up. I flushed red seeing how I made the mess yet he cleaned it up.
"So" I said, trying to break the silence and pretended nothing happened, "Why are you here?"
"Oh er" It was now his turn to get flustered. "Just wanted to pop by since I was nearby"
I just nodded. I didn't know what to say. I guess you could tell I am awkward, like super awkward.
"So" I said.
"So" He said at the same time, causing us to crack up.
"Want to go for dinner later? I will pick you up at 6 for an early dinner" Jerome suggested.
"Why not?" I replied as a smile was plastered on his face. "Alright! See you soon!"
I texted the family chat about my plans for tonight and Alden would be the head of the household for today since it was usually me.
Alden also usually helped picked them up since he was still chilling and trying to learn business through courses and me so he has lots of free time.
Well now it was back to work. I made sure everyone was okay and doing well. After that, I checked the finances and checked in with the financial manger who was in charge as stated in the name, finances. Good thing everything was alright.
Soon after taking a short break, I began checking in with Cindy and arranged the multiple list of things to do for the different weddings.
I love making lists of things and cancelling it after finishing it. Is it just me or no? It's the most satisfying thing to me.
"Hello Ms daydream" Cindy tried to get my attention but it was harder that usual. My bad habit was to daydream and Cindy tends to call me 'Ms daydream' well because the name says so- I day dream a lot. And I mean a lot. But somehow I can't seem to stop, my mind kept drifting to Jerome and the dinner date.
Wait... did I say date?! Damm it this is affecting my work. "Sorry Cindy, let me go wash my face first" I gave a random excuse and she bought it, thank god.
Okay Joslyn, stop thinking about Jerome. You have work to do and don't get distracted by him, I talked to myself mentally, looking at myself in the mirror.
Once I got out of the washroom, I was now able to focus and work till 6 which was when Jerome would come. Everyone else was getting ready to leave and I was glad. Since I would also be leaving, I packed my bag and waited at the curb for Jerome.
Suddenly, a shiny black car screeched and the windows were down and I saw Jerome. He gestured for me to get in his car so that's what I did.
"So... where are we going?" I inquired, breaking the awkward silence.
"You'll see" He just responded me. "What's your favorite color?" And I looked at him like he was crazy. "What? We are both awkward so let's find out things about each other so we don't feel awkward"
He did make a good point so I just agreed. And thank the lord I did because I found many hilarious and embarrassing incidents about him.
I found out that he has broke his two front tooth as he jumped off his sibling's double decker bed. He also has a secret talent- he could solve a rubix cube in a few seconds. In second grade, he thought humans can fly too and he pretended to fly in class but obviously failed and became the laughing. This is just the tip of the iceberg. He has too many embarrassing moments.
"We have reached" Jerome told me as he rushed out open the door for me. I smiled at the gesture. "Well chivalry still exists" He just smiled at me as he led me into the restaurant.
Delicieux et chic was the name of the restaurant. Since I have no clue about French, I asked Jerome and it meant delicious and fancy.
Well I don't disagree since my first impression of this was amaze balls!! Everything looked too expensive.
"What do you recommend?" I asked him as we settled down onto the seats.
"Hmm, I usually get the filet mignon but the salmon with lemon and butter is great. Or you can try the seafood pasta, three different types. Mariana, cream and aglio oilo to choose from" He began mentioning some foods which all sounded delicious to me.
"I'll get a fillet mignon and she will have seafood pasta, mariana sauce" Jerome helped me to order and we began talking about the most random things like our sleeping positions. Yes our sleeping positions. And please get your mind out of the gutter if your mind went a little hay wire.
Further more, if you that is weird, it gets even weirder. We started to chat about fingernails. Like are we eighty? Close enough, my sub conscious retorted. The fingernails life span, when did we usually cut it and all that jazz.
*Face palms* We must have been so bored to the core that we had to talk about finger nails.
Anyways, the food arrived, breaking the weird conversation. We avoided the fingernail conversation. Food and fingernails don't go together.
"Mhm!! This is amazing!!!" I said in delight, munching and slurping the pasta, biting the fresh seafood.
^ to make you hungry :))
I rarely come to very fancy places though being at billionaire which might surprise some people. In fact, I save quite a bit for future use like college, emergencies, etc. Once in a while, I do go but the odds are low. Super low.
But let me tell you. The food here is delicious, wonderful, marvelous, incredible!! I made a mental note to remind myself to bring my siblings here. They would love the food here, especially Gavin. He's a foodie and wants to be a food critic. We will see about that.
"Joslyn, Joslyn" I heard Jerome calling me and looked up. Oops day dreamed again. I mentally face palm myself while I apologized to him. How many times am I going to embarrass myself in front of him. Many more times to come. I huffed and puffed, ignoring my sub conscious.
"Anyways, do you want to go back home?" Jerome asked as I nodded. 7.13pm. The bright red numbers on my watch flashed. I also gave a quick text to Alden to make sure my little siblings were okay.
"Want to talk about our fingernails?" I could tell he was joking from his tone. However, I decided to tease him a little. "Ya sure so do you know how do fingernails grow? I have-" I felt a hand covering my mouth while I was trying to continue the conversation, making me laugh.
As the car ride went on, we joked about random things and I brought up some of his embarrassing moments to tease him. Time must have passed by like a blur as we reached my home.
"Thanks for tonight. I had lots of fun!" I smiled, hugging him tightly before I entered my home, seeing my siblings all on the couch.
"Hey sis" They said in unison, sounding quite full.
"By the way" Weston said. "Gavin and I have a parent teacher meeting this Friday in the afternoon. Can you come?"
"Sure let me go check my schedule" I told them and pulled up google calendars and saw my schedule free for the whole afternoon.
"Okay I'll be there" The moment I said yes, they both jumped in joy and hugged me. It was a very cute sight to see.
"Okay okay little monkeys. Time to go wash up and chill in bed" Reminding them, they immediately rushed to do what I told.
"You too guys. Go chill and stuff" I said to the older two who also obediently followed.
Now it was my turn to wash up and do some last minute preparations for work tomorrow and could finally relax.
However, I couldn't sleep just yet. There was something stuck in my mind- Jerome.
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