My Husband's Secret Affairs With My Step Sister novel Chapter 19

The night was cold, a soothing relief to the heat which raged a few hours ago. The sky was moonlit, and the stars danced around it in beautiful constellations. Lucas couldn’t help but

thank the heavens for a perfect night like this. He’d hoped his date would be just as perfect.

He was now in front of Amelia’s door, a bouquet of roses in his hands, dressed in a black tuxedo with a necktie that matched the color of the roses. His hair was neatly gelled but was finding it difficult to stay in place due to all the sweat he was releasing.

Why the hell was he so nervous? He’d asked for this, hadn’t he? He had been standing in front of the door for close ten minutes, like a complete idiot, always hesitating to knock whenever he raised his hand. He couldn’t help but feel so jittery, and it really sucked. He hated himself for his cowardice. For this disgrace. Suddenly, the door flung open and Amelia stood there in all her perfect glory.

She was dressed in a tight, black mini gown, with flowery straps that hung over her shoulders. Her long, raven black hair was tied in a bun, and the perfect symmetry of her face was further

accentuated. Her light brown eyes sparkled like the stars above and she wore a perfect smile. Her make up wasn’t even too obvious.

“I knew something wasn’t right when I had finished dressing up and hadn’t seen you yet.” she suddenly spoke up, snapping him out of his trance. His mouth was hung open, and his sweating became even worse.

“Amelia...you... you’re...”

“Overdressed? I knew it. Hold on please, let me change to something more....”

“What? No, you’re not...it’s just...you look perfect”

She smiled, “Thanks, Lucas. You don’t look so bad yourself”

“Yeah” he handed her the flowers and she sniffed them, smiling once again at him in appreciation.“Well?” he stretched out his hand to her, “shall we?”

They arrived at the restaurant some thirty minutes later. It was a rather fancy place, Amelia noted that screamed “expensive!” at every corner. She also noticed that it was newly opened, and served only the best of French food. She gulped.

“Wow, this place looks expensive Lucas” she said when they entered and surveyed the restaurant, “I don’t think I can afford it. Maybe we should go to a cheaper place, for normal people like me?”

Lucas couldn’t help but laugh, “who said anything about you paying?”

That was all he said before a waiter approached them and led them to their table. They settled down and Lucas asked for the menus. “Go on, order anything you want”

Amelia stared at the menu hard and gave up at the first line. She couldn’t understand a word of what was been written there. However, the price tag attached to each meal almost made her faint.

“I think you should just order for the both of us” she suggested, handing him back the menu. Lucas placed their orders and the waiter dashed off.

“So, how do you see this place?”

“Way out of my league, thanks for asking. Everything here looks so expensive. Even the cutlery!” she cried, picking up a spoon.

Lucas smiled, “it's no biggie. Only the best for you”

“You didn’t have to go all out of your way like this. A simple dinner would have also been appreciated. I don’t want it to look like I’m taking advantage of you or something”

“shhh, common Amelia” he hushed, placing his hand on hers, “stop fretting about it okay? This is my treat. I wanted it to be special for you. So could you please just relax already?”

Amelia heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed a little, “fine”

A few moments later, their food arrived and they dug in. The meal was extremely delicious, and Amelia couldn’t help but moan at the splash flavors that assailed her taste buds,

“Delicious, right?” he asked.

“Very”

They ate the rest of their meal in silence and when they were done, they helped themselves with desert and talked over glasses of champagne. Amelia had never really tasted anything like it.“So, how’d you like college so far?” he began as he took a sip of his champagne

“Well, nice I guess. But pretty hectic too. May

has already vowed to sue some professors immediately after she gets called to bar”

Lucas laughed, “yeah, Temple University is

notorious for their nasty professors.I mean, I would know. I experienced them first hand”

“Really?”