She'd been in there for two hours surely she was about done?
I'd dropped her off earlier at the dress shop before checking in at the Grand Imperial. I'd even picked up my tux for the evening and I'd done all of that within an hour. Now I'd been sitting here for over an hour. What was taking her so long?
The possibilities of what could have gone wrong were starting to plague me, when she abruptly appeared coming from the dress shop. She still wore a smile so everything must be all right, at least I hoped so.
I got out and opened her door for her, "Everything okay?"
"Perfectly fine honey." She said before leaning up on her toes to kiss me on the cheek.
I blinked a couple times to clear my thoughts or better put regain order to them.
"Don't we need to take your dress with us?" I asked thickly, but she shook her head no.
"They're delivering it to the hotel. Can we go to dinner now? I'm starving!" She was smiling, but her smile had a predatory cast to it and her eyes were sparkling like a tigress on the hunt in search of prey. I'd had woman look at me in a predatory light before, but this was the first time that I'd ever wanted to be caught.
I parked the car along the rundown looking street in an even more rundown looking part of the ancient Italian city. Disappointment was written all over Zora's face and I had to bite back a smile. Appearances could be so deceiving.
"Well this is it." I said exuberantly and she gave me a dumbfounded look of puzzlement. I had to get out of the car before I burst out laughing.
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Zora couldn't believe it. His idea of a romantic dinner was a rundown looking bar, whose patrons were likely rats from the looks of the place!
Why would he bring her to such a place?
This couldn't be happening! He was ruining the evening!
Her door opened and Elon said, "Mon cherie if you would please?"
The happy tone of his voice alerted her to something going on behind the scenes. She glanced at his eyes and saw that they were full of mirth directed at her. He was up to something!
Well she could play along at that game too. She got out and he took her hand and led her into the rundown bar.
The place did not disappoint her low expectations of it. Upon entering she saw not one, not two, but three rats scurry for cover. Elon called out hearty hellos in Italian to the extremely disreputable denizens of the place, who heartily responded in kind.