Her Innocence novel Chapter 16

"Umm... Nothing." I answered as he narrowed his eyes at me.

"Tell me, dear." He insisted.

"I feel like different here." I tried to give an honest answer.

"You are just like them, no different." He told me as he gave me reassuring smile. "Janet. Raise your chin up, and your shoulders should be held high." He raised my chin with his fingers, and then patted my shoulders as he spoke. I did as he said and took a deep breath.

"Good, remember this Janet. You are the most beautiful in this world for me and no one can compare your natural beauty." He said, lovingly. My eyes stayed on his as he said all those words. My heart jumped as I smiled at him, my nervousness fading away.

"Let's go." He said as he led me towards the entrance, a lady stood there with a table in front of her, a notebook in her hand.

"How may I help you?" She spoke with a gentle voice.

"I have a table reserved under the name of Nathan Rivera." Nathan said, with his voice blank.

"Yes. Follow me." Nathan's hand was on my back as we went up the stairs following the lady. We stopped at a balcony, actually it was larger than our balcony. There was a table with candles and little blue lights illuminating the scene. The hotel was on top of a mountain, so we could see the lights of the city from up here.

"Wow! This is amazing, Nathan." I gushed as he grinned at me.

"Glad you like it." He chuckled as he pulled a chair for me, telling me to sit. I sat as he did the same. We were seated in front of each other which was different since we always sat side by side.

"Here is your menu, a waitress will be here shortly to retrieve it." The lady said as she handed us the menu and went on her way.

"Okay, I took the balcony seats because I knew you loved the balcony place in our house the most. And second I wanted us to be alone." I blushed at his words as he was looking at the menu.

"Thank you." I said as he looked up at me.

"You don't need too. You are my wife and you will be my first priority." He said as I couldn't help but giggle. He narrowed his eyes at me as my grin widened.

"I don't know the meaning of priority but I did get what you mean." He chuckled as a lady dressed in a rather tight outfit, eyed Nathan as she spoke.

"Yes, sir what would you like to drink?" She asked with confidence.

"I would have red wine and my wife will have some pineapple juice." Nathan told her and I was glad he gave my order as well because I didn't know what to get myself.

"Are you ready to order?" She asked him again as I narrowed my eyes at the young girl. She must be my age; she was beautiful but her skin was a little brownish while her makeup was white which made her look a little weird. And on second thought, I was sitting here too. She kept her eyes on Nathan and I felt something inside me. Anger. Sadness. Confusion. The mixture of all these emotions.

Nathan gave his order as the waitress left. I got confused and so did Nathan as suddenly something passed his eyes.

"Excuse me?" A manly voice spoke as Nathan groaned and pushed himself away from me.

"Yes?" Nathan asked, annoyed as I tried not to laugh.

"Your drinks. Red wine and pineapple juice." He placed two bottle one with that red liquid and the pineapple juice. The red wine was familiar as I tried to remember were, I saw it.

"Thank you." The man left as Nathan popped open the bottle and poured himself some wine and pineapple juice for me. He quickly drank the wine and turned to face me again.

"You know what this is?" He asked, softly as he twirled his cup in his hand.

"Yes. I saw it more than once. My aunt used to drink this and act weird. It does smell the same." I answered as he narrowed his eyes at me.

"What do you mean by acting weird?" He asked.

"She- she would just get more furious and som- something hit me, she couldn't walk properly and talked nonsense." I told him something, I never told anyone and I hope he doesn't think bad about me or even my aunt. Maybe the drink made her hit me or there must be a reason she hurt me.

"That is wrong!" Nathan said as he poured another drink and gulped it down.