Chapter 19 - House Boy

Maverick stocked the beer bottles neatly in the backyard while Kenzo and Caleb were talking about the job that Caleb offered to Kenzo. He wished to have a job too but with his current condition that few people are after him. For now, he needed to lay low even though he didn't have enough money now.

"Rick, can you wake me up early?" Stacey asked him. "Sometimes, my alarm won't work. If I wasn't awake at five, knock on my door."

"Yeah, sure, Stace." He nodded. "What do you want for breakfast?"

"I usually eat with eggs. Anything will do."

"Okay."

"I'm off to sleep now." She said as she yawned.

It's just six in the afternoon and too early for sleep. Kenzo and Victoria just left too.

"Don't you want to have dinner? You'll get hungry in the middle of the night."

"It's fine. I should go on a diet." She said and tapped her stomach. "And where's Caleb?"

"I think he's too drunk. He's in the room. I'll prepare your dinner. Something light, then?"

"Sure, thanks." She winked and went back inside. Maverick looked at her back for a while. The girl was kind and he owed his life to her.

After he's done cleaning it up, he looks around the small garden in the backyard. He already had a thought on how to organize it and landscape it. He went back inside and started preparing for dinner. He only prepared vegetable salad and then, tea for himself. Stacey approached him.

"I'm hungry." She yawned.

He took the bowl of vegetable salad that he made for her.

"I put the dressing on it." He told her as he gently pushed the salad bowl in her direction.

"Thank you, so much. Now that you are here, I don't think that I will not be able to let you go." She said with an adorable pout. He chuckled.

"Uhm, thank you for the things that you bought." He said, as his eyes were on her beautiful eyes.

"It's nothing." She winked at him. "You are Caleb's friend and I think he trusts you. Besides, that man rarely has close friends. I am surprised that he was close to you and Kenzo. Why won't you shave your beard and mustache?" she suggested. He only smiled at her.

"I don't want to show off my handsomeness."

Stacey laughed.

"Okay, whatever."

The truth was, Maverick couldn't be noticed with the beards and it'll be his disguise too.

"How about tea?" He suggested.

"Sure, I have to detox after that food." She mumbled.

He prepared her tea and joined her to eat.

"So, are you going to search for a job?"

"Not for a while. I think your small garden caught my eyes." He smiled at her ever so charmingly.

"That's nice… I didn't even notice that I have a garden." She laughed.

"Seriously, there are a lot of things that are needed to be fixed. Is it alright for you if I checked things around?"

"Yes, no problem at all. I think I heard rats in the ceiling or something."

"I'll check it out too."

"You are an angel sent by the heavens." She praised him more.

"Stop praising me…" he chuckled.

"But it's true." She said as she munched on the salad.

"But you and Caleb were the ones who were sent by the heavens for me. If not for you and Caleb, I might have been dead already."

Stacey creased her brows.

"What do you mean by that?" Stacey asked. He and his noisy mouth.

"In starvation." He added. She scoffed and shook her head.

"You can't possibly die in starvation. You have friends like Caleb and Kenzo. Besides, you are a hot guy. Girls would adopt you."

He laughed and sat on the barstool beside her.

"It's a good thing that you adopt me."

"True." She agreed to it. "This salad is amazing."

"That's because the ingredients are fresh and one way to make them as fresh as that is to soak them in ice. Mostly the lettuce."

"So, did you take cooking school?" She asked as she sipped on her tea.

"I learned it from Kenzo. He's the cooking expert."

"My best friend is a lucky bitch to have a hottie who could cook." She commented.

"I think Kenzo is already in love with Victoria." He thought about how he cared for her and cuddled with her. "Lots of girls linger around him to buy him for a night or maybe two. But the guy didn't have an interest in being a sugar baby."

"Hmm, I wonder where the two of you came from. What planet did the two of you come from?" She creased her brows. "With the handsome features and nice body built, I am sure that the two of you are at least from the good genes."

Maverick only laughed and didn't add anything to her suspicion.

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Kenzo picked jeans and a t-shirt for his wife. It's already seven in the evening and they are still going to go for a ride. He wanted to try on how to use the control. They went outside and he made sure that she's wearing the gears for riding. He turned on the scooter to heat the engine. Then, he tested it outside the house. She closed the gate and ran to him. He steadied the scooter and waited for her to climb up. She wrapped her arms around his waist.

He drove the motorbike around their subdivision and, finally, they left the subdivision to eat outside.

"Fast food?" Kenzo asked.

"Yes," She said.

"You know that I can cook."

"I know but I'm up for fast food."

They reached the nearest fast food. He parked the scooter in front of the fast food. He removed her helmet and put it in the compartment under the seat. He put the one that he's wearing on it. He removed the gears from her arm and knees and put them in an organized way to the compartment. He checked the mirror and noticed a familiar car. He turned his head to it and the people inside it acted like they didn't know him at all.

He reached her hand and took her inside.

"What do you want to eat?" She asked as she took out her wallet.

"Let me pay for it." He pushed her wallet.

"You need money for tomorrow." She creased her brows.

"Don't mind me. Okay?" He kissed her forehead and lined up. "What do you want to eat?" he asked back as he hugged her from behind.

"Let me have fries and sundae, only."

"That's it?"

"Yeah, I mean, fries were already heavy in the stomach. I want the one with the barbecue mix."

"Alright." He rubbed her arm and kissed her temple. "Go find a seat where I could see you."

He watched her search for a seat and found one on the corner away from the window. He nodded and continued taking the order. He kept glancing at her to make sure that she's there. He took the order quickly and paid for it. Then, he smiled at her as he put the tray in front and waited for their other orders. He reached her hand and admired the ring that he made for her.

"So, are you ready for tonight?" He asked. She showed her phone to him. He played the video and it played on how to make love. He flushed from it and peeked at her face.

"Let's do those positions.." She whispered to him with a playful grin.