Chapter 1078 Lunch Invitation
Hearing Wesley's words, Samantha tentatively asked, "Wesley, you ain't mad anymore?"
Wesley scooted closer and grabbed her hand. "Sorry, Samantha. I was just freakin' out about you, that's why I lost it this morning. I've thought it over, you're not that kinda girl, I trust you."
Wesley was chill now and believed her. Samantha felt a bit of relief. She should've been stoked, but then she remembered the women's clothes at his place.
Samantha glanced at Elijah and suddenly got why Wesley flipped out when he saw Alfred at her place. Now she wasn't too thrilled either. No one likes seeing their crush with close friends of the opposite sex.
"What’s on your mind? Still pissed about my freak-out this morning?" Wesley asked, looking a bit nervous when Samantha stayed quiet.
Samantha snapped back. "Nah, so we cool now?"
She didn't wanna bring up the clothes again, 'cause she believed Wesley wasn't a player.
"Yeah, we're good." Wesley grinned.
Elijah, watching them patch things up, had a mix of emotions. She was shocked they made up so fast.
Wesley didn't mind Samantha and Alfred hanging out alone. And she didn't care about the women's clothes at his place. She didn't even ask.
"Wesley, you hungry? Want me to cook something?" Samantha offered.
"Nah, let's eat out," Wesley said. "How could I let my girl cook?"
Wesley's words made Samantha feel special. She thought he really cared. But what she didn't know was that he said it out of jealousy.
Any other time, Wesley would've been down for Samantha cooking. But thinking about her cooking with Alfred made him uneasy. That's why he didn't want her to cook.
"How about we hit up Gourmet Restaurant?" Samantha suggested.
Wesley nodded, "Sounds good, lemme change real quick."
"Cool."
Wesley headed to the bedroom to change.
Samantha glanced at Elijah, noticing she looked off, and asked, "Elijah, you feeling okay? Want me to ask Wesley to give you a day off?"
Samantha asking Wesley to give Elijah a day off made it seem like she was the boss.
Elijah forced a smile. "No need, Wesley can't manage without me."
Samantha frowned, wondering if she was imagining it, but Elijah seemed kinda hostile.
Meanwhile, Alfred hadn't gone anywhere but was secretly watching over Samantha with Yahir.
Yahir hadn't forgotten Alfred's challenge to spar. "Didn't you wanna spar? When we doing it?"
Alfred wasn't in the mood now. "After I win over Samantha, I'll spar with you."
Yahir gave him a look. "So you were just talkin' big?"
Interest flickered in Alfred's eyes. "Why you think I was bluffing?"
"Miss Gordon only sees you as a friend, how you gonna win her over? So weren't you just talkin' big?"
Alfred was speechless. Yahir thought so little of him. "Wanna bet? If I win over Samantha, you gotta bark like a dog."
Yahir looked at him with disdain. "Childish."
After a moment, Yahir added, "If you don't win her over, you bark like a dog."
Alfred was speechless.
Just then, they saw Samantha and Wesley coming out of the building.
Yahir raised his chin, signaling Alfred to look. "See that? Miss Gordon and her boyfriend are coming out."
Alfred saw it, and his brow furrowed without him even realizing it.
He thought, 'Judging by their faces, did they patch things up? Samantha, who’s always treated like a queen, went to Wesley’s place to make peace. And now they’re all good so fast. Did she really swallow her pride to fix things?'
Alfred just couldn’t wrap his head around why Samantha liked Wesley.
Seeing the two get into the car, Alfred pulled out his phone and called Samantha. "Hey, Samantha, you eaten yet?"
"I'm about to head to Gourmet Restaurant with Wesley," Samantha replied.
Alfred asked, "So, you two made up?"
"Yeah, we cleared up the misunderstanding, so of course, we made up," Samantha said, then quickly added, "Alright, gotta go."
She hung up in a hurry, like she didn’t wanna chat with Alfred any longer.
Alfred felt a bit helpless. 'Does she care about Wesley so much that she’s ditching her friends?'
A message popped up on his phone. [Hey, free for lunch? Wanna grab a bite together?]
It was from Lykke Ahlstrom, a girl he’d added to his contacts earlier.
Alfred replied: [Sure, see you at Gourmet Restaurant.]
Putting his phone away, Alfred saw Yahir tailing Samantha and quickly caught up.
Yahir glanced at him. "You still following?"
Alfred’s deep blue eyes flickered with a mysterious light as he nodded.
Samantha and the crew arrived at Gourmet Restaurant.
Coincidentally, Ryan was there too, on a phone call. Seeing Samantha, he quickly wrapped it up and hung up.
"Samantha, why didn’t you tell me you were coming for a meal? Almost missed you again." Ryan habitually threw an arm around Samantha’s shoulder, his tone playful and affectionate.
If it were before, Samantha wouldn’t have thought much of it. But now, she remembered Wesley didn’t like her being too close to other guys. So, she quickly pulled Ryan’s hand away. "Ryan, is there a private room? Let’s talk inside."
Seeing Samantha’s distancing move, Ryan squinted. "What’s up? Just a few days without seeing you, and you’re acting all distant?"
Samantha gave an awkward smile and nudged Ryan. "Come on, let’s go to the private room first."
"Alright." Ryan didn’t care whether Samantha was willing or not, he grabbed her hand and led her inside.
Seeing this, Wesley’s face darkened, and he wanted to step in and make Ryan let go.
At that moment, a voice came from behind. "Samantha, Ryan."
It was Alfred. The group stopped.
"Hey, Alfred, long time no see." As Samantha’s cousin, Ryan naturally knew Alfred.
Ryan let go of Samantha, bumped fists with Alfred, and gave him a bro hug.
Samantha took the chance to run to Wesley’s side and forced a smile. "Wesley, it’s too crowded here. Let’s go to the private room first, and I’ll introduce everyone later."
Wesley suppressed his annoyance and nodded.
The two guys finished their hug, and Ryan asked, "You here on a business trip or...?"
"Just for fun," Alfred replied.
Ryan raised an eyebrow and glanced at Samantha. "You here to see Samantha?"
Alfred smiled, giving a vague answer, "Yes and no."
Just then, Lykke showed up. "Alfred."
Alfred nodded slightly to Lykke and then said to Ryan and Samantha, "Sorry, my date’s here. I’ll catch you guys later."
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