Chapter 44: Jumbled Mess

Chapter 44: Jumbled Mess
Giselle continued to eat the rest of her food with her head down. She tried her best to ignore what Wanda had said just as they crossed their table. To her luck, Zana became a perfect distraction to her gloomy thoughts as she tugged at her clothes and pointed towards the chocolate fountain blinking her cute round eyes.
“Ally, you have been having cake and ice cream instead of food?” Tanner chided the little kid, Zana bent her head down pouting her small lips, the sadness on her angelic face could make anyone’s heart melt and Giselle’s heart was one of those hearts!
Giselle smiled at Zana and crouched down to her level, “Tanner, it’s okay, she is not going to eat like this every day, let her be for just this once” she pleaded with Tanner on Zana’s behalf.
Heaving a sigh Tanner shook his head slowly “Don’t spoil her too much, trust me, she knows how to get things that she wants!”
Giselle turned her attention back to the little girl “You want to go get a cup of that?”
Zana shook her small head excitedly and Giselle couldn’t help herself from falling for those cute little dimples “It’s just this once Tanner, I promise!”
Zana too folded her hands giving her father her best puppy dog eyes, how could he say no to those cute little eyes that she has mastered to make? Tanner gave in!
Giselle was distracted successfully but Colton was not, his mind was on the woman that was not sitting in front of him, oh no, his mind was on the woman sitting a few meters away from him with another man! “Colton, are you listening to me?”
Colton looked up at the woman that is seated in front of him ‘What did I ever see in her? How could I have ever fallen in love with a woman like her?’ “Can I have my breakfast in peace before you start yammering at my ear, Wanda? I fucking know that the twelfth of the next month is our engagement and I will be announcing it at our company’s anniversary party.”
Yes, you read it correctly, Colton and Wanda were going to get engaged, and their engagement was going to take place exactly a month and a half from now, but Colton’s heart was not in it, he was thinking that he is doing all this for the sake of his childhood love, a love that was no longer there!
It is true that sometimes one can fall out of love, but one needs a big enough reason that could make them fall out of love, and his reason was his love for Giselle, the only problem is that he is not willing to accept those feelings!
Giselle was looking at the way the artisan was scooping up the liquid chocolate and pouring it on the soft cake. It was not just Zana who was tempted, but Giselle too. She ordered a large cup for herself and a small one for Zana “Auntie Gi, not fair! Why do you get a big cup and me small?”
Looking at Zana’s pout Giselle couldn’t help but tease her a little more, she grabbed a big spoonful and was about to stuff it into her mouth when a cold commanding voice stopped her “Giselle Smith, what do you think you are doing?
When Giselle heard the devil’s voice, she turned around to him and ended up smudging her food onto the man’s white cotton shirt ‘He just had to wear a white shirt?’, the first thing she heard in her ear was a familiar low growl, “What the…”
Colton cut her off “We have a little audience!” his low growl was low enough just for her ears “Good! Now care to explain why you were stuffing your mouth with so much of this” he gestured towards the chocolate fountain “all this sugar? Don’t you know that it is not good to have so much sugar?”
Giselle glanced at the cake smeared on his shirt, then glanced at his sullen handsome face, not knowing whether it was a guilty conscience or something, and laughed, “Where the hell did you appear from?”
Colton, “…” he was at a loss for words. This woman was laughing while he was questioning her seriously over her and her baby’s health!
Colton grabbed a tissue from the next table over and wiped his shirt carelessly while grumbling under his breath “Were you always this stupid or did your pregnancy make you stupid?”
“…” This time Giselle was the one that was silent. She was shocked that he called her stupid and angry that he called her STUPID!
Giselle’s face turned livid with anger after the realization hit her. Her next reaction was purely based on the situation and her reflex. She did not have time to think about it and just grabbed a handful of her food and smeared it over his chest, dirtying his shirt completely!
She was carrying his child, he could have at least shown a little courtesy to her than calling her an ‘Idiot!’ in front of an entire restaurant that was filled to the brim due to rush hour!

Colton’s PoV
I could not believe the nerve of this woman! She dared to dirty my shirt, while my business partners are also present in this hotel and the possibility of them witnessing this insult to him is very high. “Giselle Smith! You have gotten bolder ever since our divorce! Isn’t your boyfriend able to tame you? Or is he not man enough for you?”
Our bodies were closer when I leaned closer to her ear and whispered the last part just for her ears! I caught her gritting her teeth and clenching her palms “Colton Black, get your filthy hands off me RIGHT THIS INSTANT!”
The fire in her eyes, the rage in her soul, and the passion with which she hates me reflected in her eyes, the emotions displayed on her face, they were all tempting me to kiss her lips and fuck some sense into her, so that she stops treating me like some insignificant thing in front of my clients and just... everybody!
Giselle simply turned around and beckoned the waiter, it was as if she was not bothered to even acknowledge my presence. She grabbed another piece of cake, turned around and was about to leave when I grabbed her wrist.
“What are you doing?” She frowned and stared at me.
I took the cake from her hand and put it down on a nearby table casually, then looked over at the waiter giving him an order “Serve all those at her table” and I gestured towards Giselle. I leaned down to her eye level “Pregnant women should be eating less sugar, women develop a high risk of diabetes during their pregnancy and there is also a risk of your baby being diabetic!”
“…” Giselle stared up at me with her eyebrows furrowed, but that soon turned into a mocking smile, “Mr. Black sounds like you are very experienced in this field! Care to share?... On second thought, let it be, I don’t want to know any dirty details of your entanglements!”
The cake stains on my shirt did nothing to change my mood, in fact, it was a glaring reminder of how careless she could be, and the fact that she was enjoying her time creating a family bond with a man that knows more about her than I do!
‘But why do I care? It is not like she is my wife and is cheating on me!’ my thoughts were turning out to be a jumbled mess with each passing second!
I felt someone tug on my pant “Uncle... let go of my auntie Gi!” The little girl looked about ready to cry if I did not let go of Giselle, but also at the same time she looked like she would tear me apart if I did not do as she asked. It was cute in a dangerous way!
“Little girl, I am not holding your auntie Gi” I crouched down to match the little girl’s height “Little girl, your auntie Gi must think about her health. Did you know that if you eat too much sugar then little worms eat your insides? I was just stopping your auntie Gi from that horrible... thing!”
The little girl looked up at Giselle and then at me a few times before wrapping her arms around my neck “Thank you Mister for saving my best friend!”
That statement from a little girl got me a little confused ‘Aren’t children supposed to have best friends of their own age?’

Giselle’s PoV
No sane person would ever have the guts to go against a man like Colton Black, the business tycoon in Investment and hostile takeovers, but this little girl had those guts to go against him! “Zana!” I tried to get her out of Colton’s embrace “Zana, come on let’s go, your father must be worried for us!”
“Uncle, you promise you no hurt auntie Gi?” she put up her pinky finger to him. Colton was obviously confused about the gesture, or so I thought, he brought up his hand with his pinky finger being the only finger to point out.
“I promise” he wrapped his little finger around Zana’s in a pinky promise.
“Yay... uncle made a pinky promise... he can’t go back on his words even if he wants to! Aunty Gi, you are safe!” she was bouncing on her little feet as if she had won a million – dollar worth lottery, when in reality, she just put her hand in lion’s mouth thinking it will not bite.
“Little girl, I need a promise from you too” Colton was not letting go of Zana and he kept subtly pushing my hand away each time I tried to grab Zana and run away.
“What is it uncle?” Zana asked him innocently, blinking those beautiful round eyes.
“I want you to make sure that aunty Gi, is not going to eat anymore sugary stuff and spoil her health, I that promise?” Colton held out his pinky finger now and waited for Zana to wrap her pinky finger around his.
“I promise uncle! I also don’t want aunty Gi to hurt.”