Deal With The Devil - S01 E23

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Deal With The Devil - S01 E23

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 23

❝The dinner date❞ +

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He orders the food in French and the woman has just left, leaving us again in the silence. "What did you do today?" He asks me and I look up from the table that I had been looking at this whole time while he ordered. I look up only to meet his gaze. "Not much" I answer quietly. The little mental breakdown that I had is not something I am going to tell him nor ever wanting him to find out. "Hmm... I went to a meeting" He says casually like if he were talking to an old friend.

I don't say anything and not know what I can say to him. I feel like I'm having a conversation with a complete stranger and maybe is a complete stranger. I realize that all I know about him is what I've learned from others and it really isn't that much. He is a powerful and wealthy man but what is his character beside being horrible and cruel to people? "How long have you been playing chess for?" He asks me and I slightly smile at the memories. "A couple of years, not that long" I tell him, answering his question.

"You are pretty good for just couple of years without any proper learning" He tells me and I'm shocked that he's complementing me, wait, is he complementing me? I can't be sure of anything when it comes to him. One minute he's cruel to me and then he's kissing me and the next he's cruel again and now he's acting like he wants to get to know me. This is so confusing to me. "Yeah, I suppose I am" I tell him. He looks down when I think he realizes that I don't really want to talk. 12

A pang form in my heart. I realize that he just wants to talk or have a talk to fill in the silence. "How long have you been playing?" I ask him and he instantly looks up to me. His striking emerald eyes are softer than they normally are or I am going crazy. I think the latter is the right answer. "Since I was three years old I was taught to play the chess" He answers and my jaw nearly drops open but I keep it in place. I'm trying to decide whether that is horrible or cute.

That his parents are teaching a three-year-old child chess, I don't know if they made the choice of him learning or he made it himself. I suppose that doesn't matter. "I won to a man that has been learning chess his whole life?" I ask him without thinking, that question was more for my mind than it was to be said out loud. "Yes, I suppose you did" He tells me but I could tell he wanted to say something else but doesn't get a chance as the food arrives to us when the woman comes carrying it up the stairs. 8

She hands us the food and I taste the tomato soup and once it hits my tongue I moan in delight. "This is the most amazing soup I've ever had" I say without thinking twice. Sebastian chuckles at me but it was a playful chuckle and not the evil kind that he normal always does. Could it be that he is becoming soft? Was everyone wrong about him? I keep wondering that but now is not the time for such thoughts, later when I'm not with him and not at a restaurant eating the most delicious soup I've ever had. 57

"If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?" He suddenly asks me which makes me freeze and meet his gaze. Home. I wanted to say but I had to bite my inner cheek to not say it as it was on the tip of my tongue. "I don't know. I suppose I've never really thought about" I say to him. I also don't tell him that I have always wanted to go to Paris but now I can't wait to get back home. Paris is beautiful but after what has happened to me, I don't want to be here anymore. 22

"If you were to say one country or a city, what would it be?" He asks again and it's like he's fishing for it which does leave me confused at why he wants to know. "I suppose I would like to Australia, that sounds like an interesting place" I tell him, though I doubt I would be able to leave that country alive with all those animals that can kill you and those spiders, I hate spiders with my whole life and I can't fathom seeing one. If I saw one I would most likely faint but that is another story.

We continue eating and occasionally talk or ask questions but mostly we ate our food and then got dessert. I got a slice out of a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and a strawberry on top while Sebastian got a slice of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and strawberry on top. "How has your night been?" He asks me as we are eating dessert. I smile to him as I am slowly getting more comfortable around him but I've not forgotten about that deal we made. "It has been wonderful. I've never been to a restaurant like this before" I admit to him. 4

I did have a boyfriend before I got married to Sebastian but we never really went out. We just hanged out together, sometimes went to the movies together but we never went to a restaurant however he was so nice to me and I cared so much for him. "That is good" He only says and then that conversation is over. I've begun to learn the pattern when he grows bored. He always says those three words and then I learn that he's not interested anymore. Slowly, I think I'm getting to see who he is inside.