Stefan sat on his chair and the two of them ate their lunch. Stefan, as usual, was very attentive to her needs. He would always pay attention to her. He placed most of the dishes near to her as well.

  "By the way, we'll have to keep things a secret. I don't want my colleagues to think that I'm riding on your coattail." Cayenne opened up while eating the shrimp that he gave to her.

  "That's fine with me." Stefan mumbled. He will agree to everything that she'll ask of him as long as that won't hurt the both of them.

  "It's been a year since I've worked in the hotel. I never thought I'd end up having relationship with you."

  "Me neither."

  "It's funny, right? You won't really know what's in store with your future."

  "I agree. I didn't expect that I'd find someone I could trust my life with."

  Cayenne raised her head from her plate and smiled at him. "Let's do our best to make things work between us. No secrets, okay?"

  "Hn. No secrets."

  "But there might be things that I'd like to keep for now. Once I'm ready to tell you, I'll make sure to let you know."

  "Sure."

  Stefan could understand where she's coming from with all the reserved attitude she got around him. Since they're still trying to get to know each other, it's given that there are things they'd like to keep to themselves. But Stefan decided that he'd tell her everything.

  He promised to dedicate his life and love to her, that means he'll give her time to get used to being around him.

  Around 1:00 pm, the two of them finished eating their lunch. Cayenne volunteered to wash the dirty kitchenware and Stefan decided to clean the verandah. He had been exposed to heat when cooking so, they reversed their roles.

  Half an hour after, they were sitting in the living room, watching Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Cayenne liked Jack Sparrow and his silly antics which made the movie enjoyable.

  Stefan was sitting beside her with his arms placed over her shoulder. Her head was leaning on his chest and they were holding each other's hand which was placed on Stefan's lap.

  From time to time, Stefan would kiss the top of her head. She found the gesture sweet and sincere.

  "I think this movie is a series. I haven't had the time to watch this but Luiz told me that this is a good movie. Now that I'm watching it, I can say that this is indeed an amazing work. Where do you think I can buy the soft copies for the rest of the series?"

  "I'll ask Chris about it."

  "Thank you." She mumbled softly and snuggled closer to him. "Speaking of movie, I want to watch the movie that Riley Summer starred in. It was shoot last year and it will be shown in the cinema this December 25."

  "That would be Christmas Day. However, we promised to spend Christmas with your family. How about we watch the day after Christmas?"

  "That's also fine with me."

  While the two of them spent quality time in the province, in the city, many people were shocked and curious about the identity of the woman in Stefan's recent post.

  In one day, he posted two pictures of her. First picture was the one where they were holding each other's hands. It was a stolen pic but, Cayenne didn't ask him to delete it so, he let it stay in his timeline. Second pic was when he was taking photos of Cayenne while she was riding on the horse. She was looking away from the camera so they couldn't see her face.

  "Is this for real?"

  "Is the city's rich playboy having a serious relationship with someone now?"

  "Who is this girl?"

  "I think this lady was the same woman that was taken pic with him last time." Another person posted a comment and even added the previous picture of Stefan and Cayenne. "Looking at her back and her body building, this woman is the same."

  "I agree with the woman above."

  "Wow! This woman breaks the record of Stefan's previous woman. If we count the first photo of them, they've been together for over a month."

  "She's sexy and her height complements with him."

  "She must be pretty. Well, that's given."

  The media personnel wanted to get a scope of this gossip as well but Stefan paid them to never check on Cayenne or expose her identity to the public. Knowing that he holds so much power in city A, no one wanted to mess with him.

  Stefan might not be as rich as Travis, who owns a lot of companies both domestically and internationally, but Stefan was still included in the top 20 wealthiest people in the country because they included his parents' wealth. But for Stefan, the wealth of his parents wasn't his. It was Alexander's. And even though his brother was already dead, he didn't covet the riches that wasn't meant for him.

  While the netizens were talking about them, Luiz and Kyle were put on a hotseat by Arthur. He invited Cayenne's brother to a lunch since it's been a while that they've eaten together.

  Kyle didn't want to go at first but he was worried that the other man would notice that've been avoiding him. In the end, they agreed to meet with him and now they're sitting inside the Filipino Restaurant near their place. It was Luiz who chose the place to make sure that they'd be able to come home as soon as they can if their mother would need their help.

  Kyle left his phone to their mother so that she can contact them if ever she needed something from them.

  They just finished eating their lunch and were now eating their dessert which was the restaurant's specialty called halo-halo. It's a cold dessert which contains crushed ice, milk, corn flakes, ice cream, leche plan, beans, coconut cream, gelatin, and sliced jackfruit. It tastes really good and Luiz liked it a lot. He was even thinking of getting a takeout order for their mother.

  "How's Cayenne recently, is she still working from dusk to dawn?"

  Kyle didn't touch the dessert, waiting for the crushed ice to melt. "She's busy with work but she always finds time for us. She comes home as well whenever she's done with work."

  "What time does she usually come home?" Arthur asked once again.

  "It depends. There are times that she'd come home early in the morning and there are times that she'd come home at night to get a change of uniform."

  "Christmas is just around the corner, is she planning to work on that day as well?" He was asking this because he was planning to celebrate Christmas with them if she's around.

  Luiz didn't join their conversation because he doesn't know how to lie. The more he talks, the more slip ups he'd make. It's better for him to shut his mouth and let his brother talk and make up things.

  "Last year, she spent time working since she needed to pay for the hospital bill. And I think it's the same this year. She'll probably spend New Year with us like last time." Kyle responded. He was lying with a straight face and Arthur didn't see anything that aroused his suspicions on them.

  Luiz was browsing his social media account while eating and found Stefan's post. Ever since Stefan confessed and became Cayenne's boyfriend, they followed his social media account to help their sister monitor him. They also checked for showbiz news regarding him.

  Just like what people often say, a man would know what the other man is thinking. Although they felt bad for doubting him, they just couldn't drop the idea that Stefan might cheat on Cayenne. They don't want their sister to be someone who's bling when it comes to love.

  So far, there weren't any rumors about him with other girls. The recent pictures of him was whenever he's with Cayenne.

  "Look at this." Luiz tapped his brother's shoulder and showed him the picture of Cayenne in a horseback. "They sure know how to enjoy themselves."

  "They deserved to have fun, too. Let's just wait for our scholarship allowance and let's ask Yen and mother to come with us on a trip." Kyle mentioned ignoring Arthur's glances at them.

  Arthur was also checking his phone but, from time to time, he'd look at them. "Say Kyle, does Cayenne like to wear sleeveless shirts or spaghetti strapped dresses?"

  "I don't think so. I have never seen her wear this kind of clothes. Why do you ask?" After few seconds, he chuckled. "Don't tell me you're planning to give her this kind of clothes?"

  "Ha? Ah. No. Not that. I just thought that it would look good on her. There's this woman with the same body build as her. She's Mr. Dumrique's girlfriend, I think." He leaned closer and showed them his phone. "This woman." Kyle and Luiz looked at his phone and the two turned silent for a moment. "What do you think?"

  Kyle was the first one to recover from the silence and nodded his head. "My sister has a good body and I think she'd look good in this. However, I don't think she'll wear them."

  Luiz didn't say anything but he nodded to express his agreement. On the other hand, he was typing message to her sister. He wanted her to know that Arthur was paying so much attention on her!