Chapter 157 A romantic dinner
Chapter 157: A Romantic Dinner
“Actually, he came to London five months ago for his goddaughter's birthday. We hooked up because I was helping him plan a gift for her.
He confessed his feelings for me and asked me out there and then.”
“Oh really?” Alex asked sarcastically. “Let me guess, love at first sight?”
“Please don't make a big deal out of this Alex.” Golden said smiling and shaking her head.
“So let me get this straight, Dr. Hottie confessed his feelings to you, btw you have to tell us all about the confession later. But somehow you guys aren't really dating?” Fab asked not getting it.
“Something like that.” Golden responded. “Well I haven't technically agreed to date him just yet so he's been courting me.”
“My gosh Gigi. What century are you in? Who still courts in this age and time? It's either you agree to date the guy or you don't. Why torture him?” Alex asked rolling her eyes dramatically.
“I'm trying to get to know the guy. I don't want to rush into things. One experience with Allan is enough.”
“You know he's not Allan right? It's okay to want to get to know the guy but please don't judge him by the mistakes of Allan.” Fab said gently.
“Well you guys have been courting for five months now. So what do you think about him? Do you think you might maybe give him a chance?” Alex asked calmly. She didn't want to put Golden under any pressure.
“Honestly, these five months have been amazing. First of all, he introduced me to his goddaughter and her mum as the lady he is madly in love with the day after he asked me to consider him.
He calls me first thing in the morning, and last thing at night. And that's outside our mid-day calls.
He's always quick to say I love you and I feel guilty because I haven't been able to say I love you back.
I feel like we are in the honeymoon phase and as soon as I say the L word, the bubble we are in would burst.” Golden said, telling her friends how she really feels.
“First of all, I give him ten over ten for not just telling you he loves you, but for introducing you as the love of his life to the important people in his life.
That's showing how much he values you and how important you are to him. Constantly calling you in the morning and at night and not forgetting to tell you he loves you, shows that he cherishes you and wants to be a part of your everyday life.”
“Gigi I know Allan hurt you and broke your trust bone, but I think you should take a leap of faith with Xander. Don't cheat yourself and him out of a beautiful love.
Open your heart and love him. And paraventure it doesn't work out, at least you would know how it feels like to be truly loved. But I have a feeling that it would work out.” Alex said.
“Now that's out of the way, the other reason I called you guys is, his birthday is next month and I plan to fly into Florida to surprise him. I also intend to say yes to him.
The truth is, I'm a bit scared. I don't have a good history with surprises. The last time I tried to surprise a guy, I got the shock of my life.”Golden said, a glint of sadness flashing through her eyes.
“Babe, I really don't know what you saw the last time, but I promise this time will be different. Do you think you are ready to tell us what really happened the last time?” Fab asked.
Golden decided it was time to finally share and truly let go. She told them what had transpired the last time and what she walked in on.
She told them about her discussion with Allan, how and why she decided to finally end things and how he suddenly was now in love with her. She even told them of his visit to Northbridge.
Alex almost exploded, but she kept her emotions in check.
“Well good riddance to bad rubbish. Now someone better is in love with you. Please don't hold back Gigi.”
They talked for a while more before Golden ended the call. Maybe love wasn’t about waiting for fear to disappear… maybe it was about choosing someone despite it.
Two weeks later, Golden decided to put her plans in motion. She decided to involve Rosa because she had a feeling that Mona had already told Rosa about her and Xander.
She planned to have a romantic dinner set up in Xander's house. Rosa's role was to get her access into Xander's house.
Alex and Fab were to help her set up and prepare everything for the dinner, while she would wait in his house till he came back.
She called Rosa and told her what she was planning and Rosa couldn't contain where excitement.
They had one week to plan and set everything in motion and it flew past in a blur
Golden took leave from school and flew in a day to Xander's birthday. Xander had called as usual that morning. He said he was going to be very busy all day because he had two surgeries and a load of patients to see. He promised to call again before he went to bed.
Rosa didn't have to do much since nature was helping out by keeping Xander busy. She had already gotten the spare key to his apartment with the excuse that she needed a place to cool off away from the kids.
Alex and Fab had gone to the apartment in the afternoon to set up. They decided to set up at the back, in the garden.
Fab hired a chef and a waiter to prepare the meal and serve it. And a violinist to play some cool tunes.
Alex hired a decorator to decorate the garden to look romantic. There were colorful lights that hung on the shrubs and flowers. Some floating paper lanterns were hanging which created a path to a table set with two chairs.
Golden, havinv rested a bit from her trip went to the apartment by 11:30 pm. She was dressed in a fitted maroon gown with a deep plunging neckline and long sleeves.
Xander had texted that he was on his way home and would call her in 20 minutes once he got home.
20 minutes later, he got home. Dropped his bag on the console and dialed Golden's number. He was shocked to hear a phone ringing from somewhere within the house.