Anete Point of View

Flapping my eyes, I woke up with a best smile I had ever produced. Still on the bed, I stretched my body and snuggled more into my pillow with happiness that cannot be defined.

Releasing a dreamy sigh, my mind reeled over the great time I had on my small vacation to Cacao's island. For two whole weeks, it was absolute paradise. Even picking wild vegetables and mushrooms was so fun and romantic.

It started with me hesitating to go on a trip with him but turned out to not wanting to leave the beautiful place with him.

While I love him so much, most of my hesitations were clarified by him in the temple on the island. That day changed the dynamics of our relationship.

Did he say he loved me more than anything in his life? Nope.

Did I say I cannot live without him? Nay.

That evening, when he said that he doesn't need a reason to love me, something changed between us.

Something changed in me.

For a girl who once had commercial minded parents who had no respect for matrimonial vows and ties, I and my siblings had a hard life to cope from. We were wealthy but that was the only good thing about our lives.

My parents death brought both vulnerability and relief to us at the same time. Growing up as we saw our parents worst and unhealthy relationship, all the three of us had our own ideas and insecurities.

Zorion didn't believe in relationships at all, Ilaria, on the other hand, was waiting for one reason, one man to change her whole painful experience to a good one. She was very hopeful while I got all the doubtful aspects.

I am neither completely hopeful nor completely a non believer. I had hesitations, doubts that restricted my heart.

So when Cacao understood just the right thing about me, his words truly wiped away most of my insecurities. As a businesswoman, the one thing I'm prone to not believe is words. Words can be empty and can be twisted as we like. However, it was also Cacao's words that applied ice to my heart.

His words are anything but empty. His words held care, understanding and a promise.

And he meant every word he said.

I giggled to myself and snuggled more into myself. I'm also happy because we had kissed a lot too. Cacao said I was his first kiss on the lips however his proficiency in kissing is topnotch.

He almost made me go into coma with pleasure.

Sigh!

Sir Cacao is just – I'm still trying to find a right word to describe him.

"Wakey wakey, sister dear." Ilaria walked into my bedroom, all dressed up and ready to start the work.

"Hmm, I'll be in the office in an hour. Are you leaving now?" She nodded in answer.

"We got to the city late last night, you should've slept for a couple of hours more."

"Oh no, if I do that, the mist of the vacation will not leave my head. Better to get back as it always was." She said as she stared down at her phone and answering the mails.

I nodded and was quite was a moment when something suddenly popped up in my mind.

Ah right, the blind date!

"Hey, are you still in contact with that friend of yours – the girl who used to dress up like an anime character to university." Ilaria narrowed her eyes in recollection and shook her head.

"You mean Lia? We do have each others numbers but we are rarely in contact with each other."

"What about your friend from Milton's"

"Sarah? Yes, we talk frequently."

"Does she have a boyfriend?" I got down from the bed and walked to where she was standing.

She raised a brow at me and studied me for few moments before answering me. "She got married a month ago. Why are you asking me about my friends anyway?"

I walked into bathroom and started to brush my teeth and Ilaria followed suit. "I'm looking for a blind date for Cacao."

I'm sure it was caused by what I said; Ilaria stumbled over her own leg and nearly became a pancake on floor. Thanks to my quick reflexes that I caught her in time.

"You two broke up?" Ilaria looked confused, sorry, sad and many more.

"Hell no. We are going strong, actually. Cacao suggested that we find a blind date for each other so we can take another step in our relationship." If question mark has a face, then Ilaria would be that.

I clearly saw the question on her face and before she asked me about it, I answered, "He believes we are both quite compatible and too understanding for our own good. A little bitter-spice experience might shine a new light in our relationship."

"So you both go on blind dates and will make each other jealous?"

"Jealousy is only a part of the result. Enlightenment is what we are looking for. We want to have enlightenment about each other so that our love can take a new and a well defined shape."

As much as the trick is strange, I do agree with Cacao's point. I was in a few relationships before but never too serious or too indulging. In terms of having your complete heart, mind and soul to be involved in a relationship, of all the factors, some bitter-spice experiences would help.

Maybe this blind date trick would really help us in some unexpected ways; who knows.

"Was it his idea? Wait, why am I even asking? It is of course his idea. Only he can come up with such tricks. So, what kind of girl you want to introduce to Cacao?"

"The best you have."

"The best? Will that really be alright with you?" Ilaria asked suspiciously and stared at me as if expecting a crack of weakness from me.

"Yes. He stayed single and a virgin for more than thirty years; his heart will not have a change just so randomly. He is not a fickle person. I checked all my contacts and the best of them are not single anymore." I said confidently.

I am quite confident that since he chose me, since his heart skipped a beat for me, since his mind is fogged with only my thoughts and since his soul is already marked with my name, he will not have a change of heart.

Not for any other girl.

Because, Cacao can be anything but a cheater or inconsistent partner, he is not.

"I see. I do have a couple of friends who are single presently. I'll check with them and give their numbers to you."

"That would be great." I grinned at her as I fell in thoughts about the upcoming blind dates marathon.

"So, Devon and you –" I trailed off, staring inquisitively at her.

"Hot and cold." She blew out with a helpless frown. "Sometimes his actions tell me that he is only being courteous to me while sometimes, he gives me the idea that he is into me. I cannot tell if he was overly courteous or if he really is interested in me and it was just his way of expressing it."

"Men! Cacao and Devon are from same family but one is love God and other is a love demon." She finished with a final statement intending to both praise and insult the Almond men in one shot.

Before I comment on it, my phone rang and picked it up hurriedly when Cacao's name flashed on the screen.

"Good morning, Butter tart." The coarse raspy, manly and sexy voice spoke.

God, just kill me!

"Good morning, Cacao. You already miss me?" I grinned to myself, totally forgetting about an audience I have beside me.

"Nay." Ah, well that sounded genuine. Ouch! "Because you are always in my system." My lips wiggled to conceal the wide smile trying to break out.

"Flatter!"

"I call it truth. So, umm, I have to ask and say something to you." For the first time, I heard hesitation in his voice.

"Yes." I said carefully.

"One, the World Love Federation (WLF) is felicitating me, honoring me with a title of 'Human Cupid'. It will be held a month later and the exact date is not fixed yet. I want you to come with me as my date."

Woah! He deserves it! The World Love Federation is a huge organization with its influence on par with World Trade Organization.

"That's wonderful news! Of course I will be your date." I accepted immediately.

"I knew you would agree. In that case my second request is about the blind date –"

"I'm on it. I have a couple of girls I'm considering about." I said cutting him off.

"Don't. You know my fan Choco Drizzle, yes? In the letter I received an hour ago, she said she wanted to meet me in person so is it okay if we turn this into a blind date?"

C-choco Drizzle?

"We can do this only if you are alright with the idea. If not –" He continued but no word of his was registering in my brain.

My ears voluntarily shut their use and my mind is in chaos. My heart picked up its pace and before I knew what was happening, my phone dropped down from my hand and I fell down as darkness overwhelmed me with its love.

I heard Ilaria calling out my name and shaking me to wake up but my whole body and mind went incognito.

I thought I was confident with any girl on a date with Cacao but I only missed one important one;

Choco Drizzle.

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