In the elevator, neither of them made a sound.
Velina's heart was beating very hard, and she did not even dare to turn her face at all, lowered her head down, pressed against the man's broad chest.
The warmth of the man's body penetrated the shirt he was wearing, made Velina's left cheek even hotter. The scent of the perfume he used made Velina could not thinking clearly.
'Ting!'
Fortunately, the sound of the elevator opening interrupted Velina's reverie
She bit her lower lip again, resigned when Daniel took her into the lounge.
He then asked one of the staff there to bring him a bucket of ice cubes to relieve the pain suffered by Velina.
"I... I can do it alone!" Velina said suddenly, felt uncomfortable when Daniel sat her down on the sofa and took off the pair of shoes she was wearing.
"It's okay, it does not bother me at all" replied Daniel softly.
But in his heart, he was trying so hard to control his emotions so as not to be seen as a vulgar man in front of her.
The electric current seemed to sting him as he touched Velina's smooth legs. Finally, he was able to touch Velina's physical body, which had only been filling his dreams all this time when nights arrived.
Slowly, he massaged Velina's sprained ankle.
"Does it hurt so bad?" He asked as he looked at Velina, who kept her head lowered while biting her lower lip.
Ah, if only the condition was different, Daniel would love to kiss Velina's flushed lips as if they have been waiting to be kissed by him.
Velina shook her head.
"Sorry, you were surprised because you saw my sudden presence just now," continued Daniel.
Once again, Velina shook her head.
"It does not hurt that much, I admit that I was the one who acted stupid" she replied quickly.
Her heart was still pounding, watched Daniel who gently gave a massage to her sprained ankle.
Before long, a gym instructor entered the lounge, helped to check on Velina's ankle.
After a while, Velina's ankle finally felt better.
Imperceptibly, several hours passed while they were chatting and enjoying the evening sun.
Growl growl…
Velina's face turned red, when she heard the sound of her own stomach.
"Oh, sorry, my stomach sounds like an old car!" Velina apologized, felt embarrassed for being so rude.
Meanwhile, Daniel laughed. "I should be the one who is sorry, I did not even offer you a meal!" He replied, snapped his finger at one of the staff.
"What do you want to eat?" He asked attentively.
"Eh... I..." Velina seemed to be thinking for a bit.
Suddenly, she remembered something.
"Ah! I have a favorite place to eat! They sell a delicious chicken noodle! Do you want to go there with me?" She invited Daniel spontaneously.
Of course, like an automatic robot, Daniel nodded his head with great pleasure. He finally had the opportunity to eat together with his dream girl!
Yay!
*** *** ***
Not long after, they arrived at the place that Velina mentioned.
Daniel looked around, felt familiar with the place.
They immediately headed to the 2nd floor, where they could enjoy the view of the night sky and the jammed atmosphere of the Jet city at night.
"This is my favorite chicken noodles restaurant! They have all kinds of soup! Wow... If I come here I could eat a few bowls! Hehehe..." Velina started eating her chicken noodles using a pair of chopsticks in her hand.
"How do you know that I also like chicken noodles?" Asked Daniel casually.
"Cough, cough!" Velina who was swallowing her chicken noodles coughed hard.
She looked at Daniel in disbelief.
"Eh? What's wrong with you? Eat slowly," Daniel then handed a glass of water to Velina.
'I'm so dead! Why did I bring him here?'
Velina cursed silently and immediately grabbed the drink offered by Daniel.
"Wow! From this distance, I could see my former classroom clearly, huh!" Daniel shouted again, stared at a building in front of him.
"Cough, cough!" Velina who was drinking her drink coughed again.
This time, it was even louder.
"What's wrong with you? Take it slow, I'll be waiting!" Daniel stood up, walked behind Velina and helped her to pat her back slowly.
"Look! The building in front of us was my high school building!" Daniel exclaimed, pointing across the street.
"That one was my class, and that one over there was Marino's class!" He explained.
"Eh, I just realized, from this restaurant, I could see my former classroom even better! Oh, my bench was in the third row from the left!" He pointed it out again. "I used to be a seatmate with Mickey!" He continued.
Instantly, cold sweats flooded Velina's body.
The fingers that were holding the chopsticks trembled.
Her face looked extremely pale.
Meanwhile, Daniel, who was engrossed in his nostalgia, did not even notice Velina's sudden changed in attitude.
Velina bit her lower lip hard and tried to wipe off the cold sweats that wetted her ghostly pale face.
"At that time, you were homeschooled, right, Nana?" This time, Daniel turned his attention back to Velina.
He then just realized the change in her behavior.
"Na, what's wrong with you?" Daniel asked anxiously.
He remembered, a few minutes ago, the girl was still fine.
"I'm fine" said Velina, tried to ward off Daniel's hand that was about to touch her face.
Daniel's face suddenly turned serious. "Come on, I'll take you to the doctor! Maybe you have an internal injury!" He said as he pulled Velina's hand while the other was carrying Velina's gym bag.
Velina just shook her head weakly as she tried to brush Daniel's hand again.
"Could you please just take me home? Pretty please? It seems I just need to take a little bit of rest!" Velina said while lowering her head.
"All right," this time, Daniel relented at her request.
He then immediately escorted Velina home in his car.