HOW TO DRINK WINE

The green dress hug me tight and I wondered what he would think when he saw me in it .

The black strapped heels heels I was wearing matched with the clutch I had decided to pair the dress with .

I loomed at myself in the mirror one last time and left the room. I knew he was already in the living room waiting for me.

As I descended the stairs I saw him on one of the chairs with a glass on his hand which I presumed was alcohol given that their was a bottle of whiskey Infront of him.

It was hard to enter the room unnoticed as my heels clicked and made made sounds every time I made a step .

He loomed up the moment he heard me and I could see a smile spread on his lips and without thinking I smiled back.

I reached where he was and I could see his eyes rake over me as if they were undressing me and the thought itself made me goosebumps .

"You look amazing ",he said as he took my hand and kissed it and I could feel the butterflies in my stomach .

"Thank you so do you ",I said back as I smiled .

"I do but not as good as you , your hair looks nice when it's loose ",he said as his eyes were fixated on my hair ",he said .

" I always wear my hair down around the house ",I said .

" I've never noticed before , it does smell of lavender did you change your shampoo ? ",he asked and I wondered how he knew I had changed it .

" Yeah I did , can we go now ? ",I asked him and he was pulled out if the trance that he was in .

*Yeah ",he said .

He took my hand and we made it out of the house and as he opened the door to the passenger if he was sober and could be able to drive.

He didn't look like he was drunk though so maybe I did t have to worry and it was not as if I could be able to drive anyway .

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I didn't know what I had expected for the restaurant to look like when he had told me we were going to his favourite hotel .

The place was well lit which made it look fancy and then the green plants on the driveway and the flowers and the fountain gave a different vibe .

The place seemed serene and out of town which explained why it was his favourite . Away from all the noise of the city it was a perfect place to relax .

We got out of a car and a service man came away way and took the car .

Vincenzo took a hold of my hand and we walked to the entrance .

The inside of the hotel just screamed rich as everything had a gold detail and in that moment I wondered how much the food they costed .

We took the elevator and I wondered where we were going but I didn't dare ask . The elevator stopped and we were at the roof of the hotel .

The only difference was that it didn't look like a normal roof top. It was decorated and well lit and two chairs had been set and a table .There were flowers everywhere which made it look even better .

There was a bottle of wine on the table .

As Vincenzo pulled the chair for me the elevator stopped and a man who looked to be in his late fifties emerged from it and I could see a smile on Vincenzo's face .

"Hello ",he said as he greeted Vincenzo and from the nature of how they looked at each other and how happy they were to see each other I k ew that they had been friends for long.

After greeting him the man turned to me .

"Hello I can't believe I have finally met your wife , he keeps you pretty hidden ",the man said and I was shocked that he knew we were married .

I had thought that the last thing Vincenzo wanted was for people to know we were married and yet here there was a man who knew I was married to him even before meeting him.

"Hello to you too, the place looks amazing ",I said smiling .

"Oh darling I have worked so hard to make it look like this , I hope I will see you here more often now that you know the place ",he said and turned his attention to Vincenzo .

"I hope you have an amazing birthday, atleast for a change you have someone to have dinner with you this time round ",the man said as Vincenzo burst into laughter .

"Thank you for the setting you always go overboard Ryan ",Vincenzo said . So his name was Ryan .

"I always want the best for you , if not for you I don't know what I would be so I take days like this seriously.

Everything will be on. the house and if you guys get too drunk and can't drive back to the house I had a suite prepared for you guys so don't worry about anything just enjoy yourselves ",said Ryan .

"Thank you Ryan ",said Vincenzo .

"It's nothing , now let me go and tell them to bring you tuys food you must be starving and I made sure they prepared the best of everything",said Ryan.

" Okay ",said Vincenzo as Ryan left .

" Do you want some wine ? ",Vincenzo asked me as he took the bottle of wine and smiled as he opened t and I figured that maybe that was his best wine .

" Yeah sure ",I said .

He poured me a glass and poured himself one too and as I went to drink me he stopped me.

"Am going to teach you how to drink wine so that you can taste everything okay ",he said as he took his glass .

"First you need to hold the stem of the glass so that you don't warm up your wine , give the wine a little swirl before you taste it they say it makes it better and then take a sip of it and make sure you don't drip it anywhere ",he said as he did this things step by step .

After taking the sip he took the glass of wine and opened it and poured more wine to his glass .

"Show me ",he said as he sat back and looked at me with intent .