CHAPTER SEVEN

- TPPOV -

The moon didn't shine tonight. It's only the stars that are glimmering on the dark night sky. It is summer season but the evening feels cold. The wind won't freeze you like an ice but it's enough to make your skin tingle.

Cassian heaved a sigh and looked at the woman next to him. She's leaning her head on the seat's headrest. Her eyes are tightly closed and she's hugging herself under the jacket that he put on her when he noticed that she fell asleep while he's in the middle of driving.

She looks really tired. He can tell, but that is because they had a nice time today. They took candid pictures at the pedestrian footbridge and they had an early dinner at The Blues Kitchen. The restaurant that is owned by his cousin, Navy.

Cassian opened the car door and closed it behind him. He turned around to go to the other side of the car. He opens the door gently where Erizza is sitting and makes sure that he is not making a sound.

He doesn't want to wake her up. He decided that it will better if he will assist her towards her condo unit.

Cassian removed the jacket and hang Erizza's handbag on his shoulder, then he carried her slowly. He pushed the car's door using his back and left the parking lot.

While walking, there are people who keeps on looking at them but he doesn't care about them at all. It's only to bring Erizza back to her unit and let her rest that he deeply cares about.

He approached the front desk clerk to give him her unit information and headed straight to the elevator. When they reached the 10th floor of the building, he walked through the empty hallway. He saw her room number and opened the door using a duplicate of her keycard.

Erizza remains asleep with her head leaning on Cassian's broad shoulder. Cassian heard her snoring quietly. He glanced at her and smiled before entering inside.

The lights in her living room are left turned on, it's not hard for him to find her bedroom because his friend also lives in a condo which made him became familiar of it.

He grips the cold door handle and opens it. He steps inside and the smell of musk with a scent of vanilla filled his nose.

Cassian carefully placed her on the soft mattress. Erizza let out a soft groan and the corner of her lips twitched but her eyes remained shut.

He puts her handbag on the bedside table, lights up her lamp and removes her flat sandals. Lastly, he pulled the blanket to cover her body.

Cassian stayed for a minute to have a look of her serene face. He noticed that she just looks like the Erizza he saw when they were both still young. The young Erizza he saw inside the ward. The young Erizza and her smiling face when he saw her on the waiting area.

Even though she cannot see him right now, Cassian showed her a soft smile. He then turned around, left the room and closed the door behind him.

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THE sun hits Erizza's eyes which made her realize that

it's already morning. She made a long groan then stretches her arms that feels stiff like a tree's branch. She rubs her eyes and the contact lenses she's wearing automatically slide down her cheeks. Her eyes widened because of the fact that she forgot to remove them, but she always remember to take them off!

Suddenly a realization hits her, she placed the contact lenses on the bedside table and roams her eyes around the room. "How did I get here?" she asked herself cluelessly.

The scent of vanilla and musk, her catnip designed blanket and the soft mattress looks exactly familiar to her. Somehow, it gave her relief.

"Whatever" she exhales. It's early in the morning and she shouldn't be thinking of anything deeply. What matters is she ended up sleeping here on her room.

Erizza hopped out of the bed and went straight to the kitchen. She felt her stomach thundered that's why she decided to make a breakfast for herself.

It's her everyday routine when she doesn't have flights. She wakes up at exactly 8 am, cooks her breakfast, cleans her unit, go shopping or travel with her crewmates.

Speaking of travel, Erizza planned to start her vacation today. She will be traveling to Batangas alone. She's doesn't want to invite her friends because she knows they are busy and she wants to go by herself this time.

Erizza drinks a glass of water. She puts it on the sink and was about to get a pan when she heard the doorbell rang.

She left the kitchen and immediately went to open the door. She's expecting that it will be the janitor who cleans out the units monthly. But it turns out to be a delivery boy.

"Good morning ma'am!" he greets her with a beaming smile.

"Good morning!" she greeted him back.

"This is your breakfast from The Blues Kitchen." He informs her and hands the brown paper bag.

Erizza looked at him with a questioning look.

"But I didn't order one" she said.

"It's ok ma'am. It's free." The smile of the deliver boy stayed like it's his default face.

Erizza glanced at the paper bag and back to him before she took it.

"Thank you." That's all she can say.

The delivery boy waved at her to say goodbye and left.

Erizza closed her door and went to the kitchen. She places the paper bag on the table and opens it. The luscious aroma of the food quickly welcomed her nose making her mouth waters.

She pulls the meal box and saw the restaurant's name written on a bold cursive font. She immediately knew that this is the restaurant where she and Cassian ate their dinner yesterday.

Erizza suddenly remembers something, after they ate dinner, Cassian offered a ride to take her home. They were having a fun conversation inside his car until...

"I fell asleep" she blurted out.

Erizza squeezed her eyes shut and guessed everything that happens next. It becomes more clear now that Cassian was the one who took her here.

She felt a slight embarrassment but she thought that it was a kind gesture of him. Somehow, she's thankful that he was the one who brought him here safely.

Before she opens the box, Erizza saw that there was a small post-it note at the center of the box.

It was a handwritten note that looks really clean and is easy to understand.

Whoever wrote this have a beautiful penmanship that anyone would wish to have. She reads it and later found out who it was from.

'I don't want to wake you up when you fell asleep last night inside my car. By the way, enjoy your breakfast!'

~ Cassian

It was from him and she can't help but to be fluttered by it.

A smile formed her lips and she excitedly opened the box. They served a cup of rice, bacons and egg, a butter muffin, two cinnamon sugar waffles and a cup of black coffee.

She expects that every food is going to be delicious. She pulls the stool, sits on it and starts eating her breakfast.

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