Rui cursed himself for being overprotective regarding her health.
Because of him snatching away the glass of wine from her, Cali did not even bother to talk to him afterwards. She kept herself too busy reading a magazine or watching a movie.
He could no longer take the deadly silence so he asked, "how are you feeling now?"
Cali’s eyebrow raised as she turned at him and scoffed, "I’m very much good, Doc."
"Hmm, please call Rui..."
"And why should I? We’re not that close? Besides, you are much older than so I should show so respect towards you... I will call you Doc." Cali stubbornly scoffed. She was still annoyed, and even though her private doctor was handso, she decided that his charm would not affect her.
"Do I look that old to you?" Rui asked with his offended tone. Cali was taken aback and suddenly felt alard seeing his sad face.
"I’m not referring to the face... You know you look.younger than your age. I an the literal age gap. I’m only twenty, you know..." Cali explained. She did not know why, but seeing him sad bothered her sohow and she softened her tone of speaking towards him.
"How old do you think I am, Cali?" Rui asked. It was the first ti that Cali threw tantrums like that in front of him. He maintained his seriously offended face, observing how Cali would react.
"Maybe you are in your thirties." Cali casually comnted. She was curious to know, though she added, "Right?"
Rui’s lips curved upward into a breathtaking smile.
Cali unconsciously gasped seeing that killer smile of Rui. It even looked familiar to her sohow.
’Why is my heart beating so fast?’ She mused as she blinked her eyes to distract herself from getting hypnotized.
"Close enough... I’m thirty turning thirty-one this year..." Rui answered with his charming smile followed by a wink, then he added, "Is that old for you?"
Cali suddenly cut out her tongue as her face turned a rosy pink. For a second she did not know how to answer his question.
Rui grinned and asked, "are you still mad at because of the wine?"
Cali did not comnt and kept silent. She was scolding herself for acting in such a weird manner. She was not comfortable with all those feelings.
"I guess you are, but then I just don’t want to compromise your health... because it’s very important to ... you are important to ..." Rui added in a gentle voice.
Cali knitted her brows hearing the words ’important to ’ and straightforwardly asked, "Are you hitting on , huh? A while ago you called sweetheart and now I’m important to you... Wow... Isn’t professionalism a must I prefer to keep our patient doctor relationship. You’re creeping out..."
Rui chuckled and clarified, "All my patients are important to ... I don’t mind though if you want to interpret it in other ways. Just so you know, I’m a professional and I will handle you with utmost care milady..."
Cali only rolled her eyes while Rui was looking at her adorably. He missed her so much and bantering like this with her was like a blessing to him granted after a long penance, unlike before where he could only sneak into her room to see her when she was asleep.
There was a mont of silence for a while, and soon the flight attendant arrived to take order for their lunch.
Cali was a bit hungry and was really excited hearing her favourite dish on the nu onboard... She wanted to eat her favorite pasta, carbonara.
Rui intently ordered the sa... Hoping Cali would sohow recall sothing while eating the said pasta.
The pasta was served very soon, and Cali started eating imdiately. She noticed Rui was removing the mushrooms from his plate.
"You’re not eating them?"
Rui smiled at her and nodded.
"Give it to then..." Cali mumbled as she moved her plate near him.
"Don’t you know that mushrooms are very healthy food?" Cali comnted as Rui picked up the mushroom from his plate and transferred it to Cali’s.
She suddenly froze as she whispered, " Why do I feel that sothing like this had happened before... You know what they call dejavu..."
"Or maybe sothing is the sa with your past mories. Don’t think about it or you will be in pain... Start eating," Rui reminded.
That would be a part of his tactics... Doing things he and Cali shared together but he would always remind her not to think about it in case she would try to rember... He was hoping her mories would co back naturally if he did things that would help her recall.
Cali nodded and continued eating. She honestly did not want to experience the pain in her head as much as possible that was why she herself was avoiding to even try to recall the mories she lost.
Good thing her private doctor would remind her to not stress herself out, just like now.
"Why?" Cali asked because she noticed Rui was staring at her.
Rui on the other hand contemplated whether to make a move on her or not as Cali had already said before that he was creeping her out. However, his hand was quick to decide and moved involuntarily, as it reached out to Cali’s lip and wiped the smudge of pasta sauce from the side of her lips.
Cali was caught off guard and once again her heart skipped a beat in that mont.
"Sorry, but you have these beside the lips... So..." Rui explained.
Cali’s eyebrows furrowed as she went back to herself, realizing what her private doctor just did.
"Doc next ti just tell so I can get a tissue and wipe it off myself." She snorted as she grabbed a tissue.
"ohh, I am sorry... It’s because I have always had active reflexes so... Anyway, I’ll keep your request in mind next ti." Rui mumbled. Before she lost her mories... he would use his lips to wipe off her smudged face and Cali would just giggle in excitent.
He could not help but sigh with how aloof his wife had beco... So very different from his Cali before...
Rui looked at Cali and as he expected she ate ssily... She loved the creamy sauce and she often ended up smudging so in the corner of her lips whenever she was too enthusiastic about eating.
He suddenly smiled, recalling how Cali would often do things to bug him and get his attention.
’Seems like at this ti we changed roles...’ he mused. He did not mind it though because to get his wife back, he was willing to do anything and everything.
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