Chapter 11

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Clarity's POV


Saturday morning I'm checking myself out for the umpteenth time in front of the full length mirror at my bedroom when my phone ringing.

"Mr. Tampon is calling." Sarah grabs my phone from the nightstand.

"Who is Mr. Tampon?" Keya asked innocently.

Sarah and I just giggle in unison. "Her boyfriend." Sarah answered while handing me my phone.

"What?!" Keya asked in disbelief. "Why did you named your boyfriend as Mr. Tampon?" I shrugged my shoulder and Keya just shook her head in disbelief.

Leo move forward our date to this morning and the two have been helping me to get ready since earlier this morning right after I send an emergency text to them, asking for help because this is my first date with Leo and I have no clue what to wear.

After a long arguments and a whole closet to rummage later, I finally decided to wear a blue ripped jeans, white v-neck t-shirt with a denim jacket and a pair of white sneakers. Leo said to dress casual and I don't want to overdressed. Beside even though its an earlier of spring, the weather still pretty cold outside. So dress or skirt is definitely not an option.

"Hey beautiful. Are you ready?" Leo said from the other side of the line.

"Hey handsome." I giggled as Sarah rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I'm ready. Where are you Leo? Are you already in New York?"

After a moment I didn't hear anything from the other side of the line, "Hello? Leo? You still there?" I called him again. Then I heard a muffle sound of Ding like the one from elevator.

"I'm here." He then disconnected the call and I heard a knock at my front door.

"I'll get it." Sarah runs out from my bedroom towards the door. Seconds later she screams from the front door. "Clarie, your date is here!"

I shove my phone to my mini backpack and wear it to my shoulder. I clasped my hand together and bit my inner lips to calm myself. I looked to Keya that holding my bedroom door open.

"Don't worry you'll be okay." said Keya while fixing my jacket.

"Wish me luck!" I hugged her briefly and stepped outside my bedroom.

I can see that Sarah was talking with Leo.

Gosh, the man that stood in my front door was breathtakingly gorgeous and handsome! I stopped on my track, examining the man that is my boyfriend. He's wearing a casual clothes similar like mine: dark jeans, white tee-shirt and a black jacket. I don't know if its possible, but he's getting more handsome than the last time I saw him!

A smirk form on his lips when our eyes met. I can see that he's checking me out from head to toe. I can feel that I slowly blushed from his intense gaze. Slowly he made his way towards me, his gaze never leave mine. I feel like he's a lion that about to devour its prey. Oh. My. Gosh.

In seconds he's reaching me and instantly crashing down his lips to mine. I cupped the side of his face with one hand and sneaked my other hand on to his hair, tugging it lightly. His hands made its way to my waist, down to my butt and giving it a long grope before squeezing it. Then he lifts me and I instantly wrapped my legs around his waist as he walked us to somewhere and seconds later he placed me on the kitchen counter. He does that without breaking the kiss. His kiss was passionate and reminds me so much with our second first kiss, only better. I kissed him back with the same passion. Our tongue dance in a rhythm on his lead. He bites, nibbles, crushing my lips and his hands are all over my body; showing me how much he missed me. Gosh, I didn't realized how much I really missed him too until now.

Our kiss seems last forever, and we finally break the kiss only to fight for an air. Then he trailing kisses from my forehead, to between my eyebrows, both of my eyelids, both of my cheeks, my chin, my nose, than a sweet peck on my lips. He always does that after we making-out.

He connected our foreheads and we remain in that position for a moment as we both calming our breaths.

He then said with a husky voice. "My beautiful date. My girlfriend. You look so extremely stunning." He kiss my neck and inhaling my scent. "I miss you so much, baby."

I cupped his face and giving him a long kiss on his cheek and a quick peck on the lips which he reciprocated with a long deep kiss.

"I miss you too, Leo. Very much." I really did.

We were now staring into each other's eyes as I run my fingers on his disheveled hair after our make-out section. He then cupped the side of my face and makes a small circle with his thumb on my cheek and to my lips. I kissed his finger when it touches my lips.

He's about to leaning over to kiss me again when I heard Sarah cleared her throat. "Excuse me, if you're done sucking each other's face, I suggest you guys just please go on your date or I swear I'm gonna vomit if I see any other make-out section between you two."

Leo rested his forehead on mine and we both smiling wide when listening to Sarah. He kissed my forehead then help me to went down from the kitchen counter. He still held me tight around my waist then he took something from the counter behind me. "For the most beautiful girl in the world." He handed me a bouquets of garden flower. It has peony, baby's breath, eucalyptus and many more blush colored flowers and green leaf.

I accepted it with my right hand. "It's beautiful, Leo. Thank you." I kissed him at the corner of his lips. This flowers arrangement was my favorite one. I don't know how Leo knows that this is my favorite flowers, but since beginning, before we're official dating, when he still pursue me, he will sent the same kind of bouquets flowers to me. Sometimes the color was different but still the same arrangement.

I put the flowers to a clear vase then went back to my room to fix my make-up because it was all over the place after our steamy make-out section.

When I'm done, I say goodbye to Sarah and Keya then made my way to the lobby with Leo. I thought Dominic or Tyler—Leo's other man will drove us, but instead he took me to his black sport car and opened the passenger seat door for me. He helped me to buckle my seatbelts then kissed me on the lips before he closed the door and sprint to the driver seat.

He then kissed me on my cheek before hit the gas. I can see that there are another SUVs car filled with Leo's men following us.

Leo is for a fact a billionaire and he's pretty famous bachelor in New York, so a security details like this is a necessary protocol for him but he said that he will make sure that we won't even notice them so we will still get both the privacy and the security.

Minutes later we arrived at one of the famous Breakfast and Brunch Restaurant in New York. The Restaurant is located on the fifth floor on the building. I've been trying to get a reservation here for months but no avail and here we are Leo booked the entire restaurant for our date.

I gasped once we stepped in to the restaurant area. The place is sooo beautiful. The decoration is beautiful bright setting with white and nude colored. Very flirty, romantic, cozy yet still elegant and expensive. The table setting also looked amazing using the fine ceramics and silverwares. We sat by the window and we can get a nice view of Central Park from here.

I ordered all the best-selling food and they're all very delicious! We really have a great time and food and also the service were very exceptional.

"Tell me more about you, baby." Leo asked me while we were enjoying our dessert.

"What do you want to know, Leo?"

"Anything. Family, friends, childhood story."

"Well, I'm the only child of my Father and my Mother. Mom is a Middle-school Teacher and Dad is a...only-God-knows what his actual job is." I laugh at my sentences describing my Father's job. "I have lots of friends back at home. But the closest one named Cindy. She's my high-school best friend that stick around with me until now. I graduated with Architect Major, but I guess you already know that. Umm... what else... Oh, I have a big family. My grandparents still live. Happy and healthy. I have five pair of Aunties and Uncles from Dad, and five more pair from Mom. I have total twenty six cousins. Three of them was living in U.K, and the rest was in my country."

He smiled. Then put a strain of hair to the back of my ear. "What about you, Leo?"

"My Father James Russel King and my mother Francesca Romano-King have two sons, my brother Arion and me. Arion is three years older than me. My mom passed away giving birth to me." I reached his hand and squeezed it lightly. He just smile at me and continue. "Then my Father married again and giving me and Arion a little sister, Angela. I think you two will like each other. I will introduce you to her soon." The thought of him introducing me to his family makes my heart warm and my cheeks blushed.

"When I was ten, my Father passed away and left Arion and I to run the business. Luckily we have our Uncle Liam, he helped us to run everything until we're old enough to do that on our own. To this day, Uncle Liam still helps us to run the business. He's like a second Father to us."

I stood from my chair and moved my chair beside him, leaving no gap between us. "I'm sorry, Leo." I hugged him from his side and he hugged me back.

He then kissed me between my eyebrows. "That's okay, baby. It's been a long time. I'm sure Mom and Dad are in a better place." He said as rubs my back.

It crushed my heart to hear his story. My family was not perfect but not having my Mom around is unthinkable for me. My Leo is a very strong man. I hugged him tighter and buried my face on his neck. After a moment I looked up to see his face and I can see a bit of sadness in his eyes. I feel like my heart was crushed once again. I don't know what I feel right now but all I could think is how to make this man happy. I don't want him to feel sad and carry the burden by himself. I cupped his face and kiss him. Letting him know that I'm here with him.

We finally finished all of our excellent meal and when we walked back to his car, his phone buzzed.

"Babe I had to take these." I nod. Still holding my hand, he answered the phone. I guess it was a business thing. I looked to my side and realized that we stopped right in front of a jewelry store. There's one jewelry that catches my eyes. I stepped closer to the window glass with my hand still connected to Leo's. I examine a beautiful rose gold infinity ring. I saw that exact ring on pinterest. It has diamond-encrusted infinity symbols that looped around a slender band ring. It was simple yet beautiful.

I was too focused observing the ring and I didn't realize that Leo already stood beside me. He pulled me closer to his body by my waist. "Do you like that ring?" He asked me.

"Err. What? Leo, you've done with your call?"

"Yes baby. Do you see something that you like in there? Let's go, I'll buy it for you." He tried to pulled my hand but I stopped him.

"No, Leo. Let's go, you said that we still have a lot destination."

"Are you sure? Just mention which one you like and I'll get that for—"

"Leo..." I cut him. Yes I liked the ring but it's never crossed my mind to asked someone to buy that for me especially Leo. He has done so much for me especially today.

"Baby..." he pulled me closer to him, made me face him and wrap his arm around my waist.

"I'm good. Now let's go, you said it yourself that we still have a long day ahead." I gave him a reassuring smile.

He didn't answered me. He just looking at me with unreadable expression then his hands made its way to the side of my face and give me a long deep kiss, I inhale his manly scent and it made me breathless.

"What was that for?" I asked when he break the kiss.

"Do I need a reason now to kissed my girlfriend?"

I smiled and shake my head lightly.

"You really are one of a kind, baby." He put a strain of my hair to the back of my ear.

"The young couple, they finally made up." An old lady that apparently already stood beside us for a moment said to her husband.

"Young man, I know she will finally come around." The old man says.

"Love will always conquer all, right Oliver honey?" said the old lady.

"Of course honey." The old man kissed his wife on her cheek. "I hope you two can get married soon and build your own family. No matter what will happen in the future, just never give up on each other. It's totally worth it. Take it from us that already married for forty years."

"And still counting." The old lady finished her husband sentences.

"Now we must go. We still have a lot of things to do in our agenda for our anniversary."

"We hope a happiness for both of you. He is a one lucky man to have you, my dear." The old lady squeezed lightly my arm.

"Thank you." I smiled at the couple.

The old couple just smiled and walked, blending with the crowd.

"Wait, is that—"

"The old couple from the Supermarket. Yes." I answered Leo's question before it came out. We exchange a look before let out a chuckle in unison.

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After our encounter with the old couple, Leo take me to strolling the Zoo and all around central park. And being The King that he is, he's booking the entire Zoo exclusively for us. I don't know how he do that, but once we were finished with our tour, the Zoo was opened normally again. I told him that it was too much but as usual the stubborn man ignore my statements and tried to kiss me every time I start to argue with him.

In the evening when the sun about to goes down, Leo take me to the South Street Seaport. I gasped when there is a luxury helicopter parked at one of the helipad spots already waiting for us. The chopper was colored shiny black with gold lines and a symbol of King's crown on it just like the one on The King Tower building.

I climbed the chopper and carefully ducking my head as the rotor blades whizzed overhead. Leo follows behind me. He helped me to buckled my seatbelts and put my headsets on. The pilot asked if we were ready and then in seconds we were airborne.

Leo held my hand tight as the helicopter begins its ascent into the sky. We soar over the skyscrapers above the Big Apple while the sun sets in the distance.

Our friendly pilot share fascinating facts and anecdotes as we spot some of the city's most famous sights. From the chopper we can see a dozen sights and landmarks, like Central Park, where sprawling trees and grass areas contrast with the surrounding skyscrapers; the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, the Chrysler Building, Times Square, the New York Times Building, World Financial Center, Chelsea Piers, Time Warner Center, and a lot more to admire from the dazzling city. We also spotted some animals at the Zoo that we visited earlier this day. Then we soar over the Hudson River, a water way that acts as a border between New York City and New Jersey.

The views were outstanding and the pilot very knowledgeable. The golden and yellow sky reflects to the water and the buildings below us. I held Leo's hand tightly too as we drinking in the awesome sights. It was completely overwhelming and I feel like I almost cried.

"This is very beautiful, Leo."

"I know, but I have more beautiful sight in front of me." Leo said when he's looking at me intently.

I can't helped but blushed and kissed him. He pulled me closer and kissed me more deeply.

After thirty minutes of our helicopter ride and an endless picture later, we made a short walk to one of the Pier. Leo booked us a cruise of New York Harbor.

We listening to the narration by our guide as we delight in captivating views of the Manhattan cruise under the Brooklyn Bridge and enjoying our dinner. It was totally an unforgettable experience to see New York from two different perspectives: from the sky and the water.

As our boat passes in front of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, we made toast with a glass of Champagne. And for the umpteenth times I kissed him again. Usually it was him that initiates to kiss me but today I kissed him a lot and to be honest I really enjoyed it. I still miss him though. Almost a week without seeing him was a torture and its totally paid off.

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We sat down at a one of the black SUVs car that trailing behind us since this morning. We were on our way back to the apartment. I know that Leo must be tired so I asked him to not drive and let his men drive his car and we take the SUV instead.

I rest my head on Leo's shoulder while he put his hand around my waist and his other hand is intertwining with my hand.

"Leo, thank you. This is the best date I ever had in my life." He kissed my knuckles one by one as I continue, "Well, I only been to one date but still, I'm sure this is a lifetime memories that I would never forget. And this is the best date that a girl could ask. Once again thank you Leo. You made me the happiest person in the world." I snuggle deeper to his warm body. I hug him and buried my face to his warm chest.

"Anything for my Queen." He tilted my chin then kissed my lips.

I gasped when he suddenly lift me by the waist and place me on top of him, instantly straddle him. "Leo!"

"Ssshhh...." He's pulling me closer so that there's no space between us. He wrapped his hands around my waist tightly. He then take the opportunity to sniffs my neck and kissing it. "Hmmm... You smells so good, baby." He murmured between his kisses.

Since our first morning together, I know that Leo is somehow obsessed inhaling or sniffing my body smells especially after a long day or a long sleep where I will still have a faint smell of my perfume mixed with my natural body smell. I called him a Neck Sniffer Maniac but I'm already get used to it now so I'm just smiling and run my fingers on his scalp, brushing his hair.

"Babe, next week is my brother Arion's birthday. I would like to ask you to come with me, as my date." He said when his face still buried to my neck. "I want to introduce you to my family. I want them to know that you're the woman that can tame this playboy." He looked up and smile but then his expression change in a second when he saw my face. "I know that you wanted to taking everything slow and I will totally understand if you say no, baby."

"Leo.... I..." I don't know what to say. Never in my life a man would asked me to introduce me to his family and its exciting and scaring me at the same time. I mean, we've been together for less than a month, well maybe it's a month by next week but he already wanted to introduce me to his family.

"It's okay. You don't have to answer it now. Just think about it but don't too much. We still have a whole week ahead baby." He cupped my face and circling his thumb on my cheek.

"Okay, I promise I will think about it." I reach his hand that cupping my face and kissing his fingers one by one.

Deep down I know that I already know the answer. This man is a boyfriend that any girl could ever asked for. A perfect man is never exist on my dictionary, but since I met him I know that he was an exception. He's respecting me and treating me like I'm his Queen. He's not like any other man that I have met in my life. I know that he's sincere and truly care about me.

I buried my face to his neck and kissing it lightly as he's hugging me tighter. Hmmm. Even after a whole day this man still smells soo good. Slowly I turned into a neck sniffer maniac just like him. I just giggled

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