The mille-feuille were amazing although for Samuel it was sothing that was almost too sweet for the size. He was also partly surprised that Lena had gotten one for him. Not exactly that he thought she was that greedy, just more so that he knew how much she enjoyed sweets. Perhaps her one and only weakness.
He also noticed that it was one of the few tis that she seed genuinely happy with sothing. While she ate the majority of it rather quickly, the first few bites she always took her ti with as though trying to savor and discern between all the different flavors that were present before she truly began to enjoy it. It had him wonder what happiness she associated with sweets that made her enjoy them so much.
The princess was happy that she got the sweet before she left as it was exactly what she needed. There was tiramisu left at ho that she could've had when they finished at the office, but she knew she probably wouldn't be in the mood to eat sothing so sweet that night knowing they would be back to the estate rather late and still need to eat dinner.
She took care of paying for the bill and made sure that Samuel wasn't allowed to see how much it cost. She didn't want her fiancé to worry about such trivial thing as how much a lunch out cost when it would hardly damage her pocket.
The rest of the day after returning to the office continued in the sa manner that it had before they left for lunch. They both worked in silence unless there was sothing Samuel needed to clarify or sothing off he noted financially. Aside from this, the only other ti that talking happened was when Jas ca into the office to tell her that Genson had called and asked if they could move the appointnt up because he had sothing else co up suddenly.
The princess wasn't thrilled to hear this sudden need for a change, but after looking at her schedule determined that it could happen if Eva was also able to make the ti change. It was evident that she still needed soone to look into what was going on after all.
After their trip for lunch, Jeff decided to hang around and used the employee lounge to stay in while waiting for the two to be finished for the day so that he could drive them back.
They didn't end up leaving until after eight in the evening because Lena had too many things that she couldn't keep leaving unattended. Even after all the paperwork she signed and the few phone calls she made, there was still more that she needed to do and decided to take back ho with her, and that was only the legal side of matters. The day after tomorrow she determined would be a good day to discuss her idea of buying at Samuel's uncle's business to beco a part of her expansion. She would of course still allow him to be the CEO of it since she had no actual qualms with him, it was his wife that she wasn't fond of.
The princess ended up having to call Jeff on his cell phone to alert him that they were ready to leave as he ended up taking a nap while waiting for them. He didn't want to be too tired when he drove them back as it was a near hour drive and already rather late at night.
The first part of the drive wasn't bad as the city was well light up and allowed for plenty of lighting to see other cars without the need for the headlights to co on yet. The city was rather beautiful at night with the way the lights shone at different levels based upon the height of the various buildings. Samuel hoped that at so point they might get the chance to explore the city at night or in the evening to enjoy how beautiful it was and maybe even look around at so of the smaller shops hidden corners. Those shops always had sothing interested to sell or show off that couldn't be found elsewhere.
Lena seed rather indifferent to the sights that they were passing by. She was watching out the window, but her eye said she was thinking about sothing else rather than actually paying attention the scenery.
"I guess I am really not sweet enough for you, am I?" Samuel's sudden odd comnt caused her to turn her had and look at him rather confused to what he was talking about.
"You don't seem as happy when you're around as you are when you're eating sothing sweet like the coconut and banana mille-feuille. Or even like you said the other day, you wanted sothing sweeter than ." He clarified figuring that she would understand what he ant if he said it that way.
"You're saying that you think that I don't enjoy your company as much as I enjoy sweets?" She asked to which he nodded his head.
"Well it's true that there is sothing better about sweet foods. Their flavor is almost always consistent, they are reliable when it co to lifting the mood and creating a high due to the energy that cos from sugar and unless soone steals them, they don't tend to go anywhere." Lena replied.
"But comparing company in such a situation between sothing that is inanimate with animate is rather a difficult thing to do. True, I do prefer sweets to a number of things and they are better than the sweetness that cos from other people because it's a consistent level of sweetness in things such as cakes pies, and other desserts, with people not so much." She further explained.
"I suppose than that would an I wouldn't yet compare to the other people than you have been with?" Samuel asked watching her face to see what her expression would be or if she knew what he ant by that. Perhaps she had forgotten the comnt that she had made to him when they first t, but he hadn't.
"Goodness, you really don't forget anything do you Sammy." He was surprised that Lena chuckled in response to his question as though she found it amusing. He was also always surprised that her laugh was an octave deeper than he imagined that it should've been based upon her looks and height.
"By other people I presu that you're referring to potential partners or other guys that I had been with aside from you?"
"Well you did ntion sothing about that when we first t." He replied back, still confused as to why the little queen had laughed at him over a question he was seriously wondering about.
"I did say that, but I said to what extent that I had been with anyone else to. Of course, I didn't say anything specific at the ti as I wanted to gauge what your reaction would be." The princess confessed, taking a pause before she continued speaking.
"I've only ever gone as far as kissing one, well two other guys in the past aside from you. Both during high school and both were quickly dropped when they thought that they had a right to try and move things further without discussing it with ." The princess explained, a slightly amused smirk on her face. She knew that Samuel had most likely expected her to confess to the fact that she had taken things further than that, but truth was both events happened out of curiosity with no desire on her end to go any further into any type of relationship.
"Kissing?" He asked rather taken aback by her response. "I always thought by how confident you were that you had probably taken things further than that." He told her causing her to make a tsk sound in response to what he said.
"Absolutely not. A person doesn't have to have experience in order to have confidence in anything, they just have to know what it is that they want and to consider how they want to get it." The princess told him.
"They may have wanted things to go beyond that, but I wasn't looking for a relationship, never have really been interested in one. The first was slightly more understanding of where I was coming from, the second one ended up with a broken nose because he didn't seem to understand when I explained to him that I didn't want a relationship and I wanted him to leave alone." Hearing that sounded exactly like sothing he could imagine the princess doing if so one didn't listen to her.
"In your case, I don't happen to dislike your company, but I am still getting used to having soone else around so much. When sothing isn't part of the plan you imagine for yourself, it can take a bit of getting used to when things change."
It sounded very much to Samuel like what he was trying to get used with realizing how close their official engagent was getting to becoming a reality.
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