Eric had already texted Bianca the restaurant's address and the cab took her straight there. The restaurant was classy with the name "CELESTIAL DELICACIES" boldly engraved and put up just above the front door. The walls of the restaurant were majorly glass so seeing the outside environment while eating wasn't a problem.
The door of the restaurant was opened for Bianca by the door man who greeted her as she came in. The air-conditioning in the restaurant made it very cool and Bianca felt chilling the moment she step in. She looked straight and saw Eric who smiled and stood up the moment her saw her and she smiled back.
As she walked over to him she noticed the prying eyes of other men. Young and old, white and black, those alone and those with company and they all stared at her as though they had anticipated her arrival. Eric grabbed her in to a full embrace as soon as she got to the table.
"I have missed you so much baby" Eric whispered into her ears
" I missed to too sweet " Bianca whispered back with her head on his chest
"Babe you look gorgeous like an angel from above no wonder those guys couldn't take their eyes off you" Eric complimented as he disentangle from the hug and pulled the chair for her to sit.
"You flatter me too much" Bianca replied blushing
"You know am not sweetie I speak nothing but the truth" Eric said handing the menu over to Bianca
Bianca collected the menu and looked through it but she wasn't really hungry. Seeing Eric alone usually filled her with joy, pride and happiness which made her not to hunger for food. She just wanted to lay in his arms and forget about the world as he stroked her back and whispered sweet things into her ear.
"Babe I'm not really hungry let's just begin with some wine" Bianca said putting the menu down
"Aye aye captain" Eric teased, winked and signalled the waiter the come over
"Get us two glasses of whiskey cocktail with a lemon by the side" Eric said to the waiter when he got to the table
"Coming right up sir" The waiter said and left to get the order.
As they awaited their order, Eric just stared into Bianca beautiful brown eyes while stroking her fingers from across the table. Bianca looked back at him and blushed. Eric had that piercing and charming gaze that made it difficult to stare back at him for long. It took Bianca a while after they met for her to match his gaze.
As Bianca stared back her mind wandered but hovered around Eric. She thought of all the good times they had together, all the gestures of love he made towards her, all the times he saved and protected her in school and was always there to console her when she cried. To her Eric was just God's sent. Her thoughts were interrupted by the waiter when he placed the drinks on the table.
"Cheers to love and happiness" Eric proposed a toast and lifted his glass
Their glasses clinked and they sipped the wine. Eric told Bianca about his travel. About how he had completed the building project he had been handling for a year now. He showed her the pictures of the finished building.
"I'm the best" Eric replied with pride when Bianca exclaimed how beautiful it was.
"B order some food I'm starting to get hungry " Eric told Bianca a while later
Bianca looked at the menu
"I will have the lemon pepper chicken breast with the Chinese rice and french salad by the side"
"Wow! Nice one B. I think I will have that too" Eric said as he signalled the waiter and gave him the order.
Eric was very cautious with whatever he ate. He didn't eat at random restaurants only in selected few. His attention to his food propelled him to learn cooking almost on a professional level and would prefer to cook his meal than eat random food.
While in school he and Bianca discovered new recipes together some of which they cooked perfectly at the first try and some which were initially flops. They would food fight and play with the recipes that were flops, clean up afterwards and then try again. Few minutes afterwards, the waiter brought their order.
"This looks good don't you think B" Eric said looking at the food
"Your meals look way better " Bianca replied a little teasingly
"Now you flatter me" Eric said with a smirk on his face.
As they ate,
"How has work been going B. Let me guess more cyborgs looking soldiers and accident victims, more radiation therapies or those crazy injections you give huh" Eric asked with a little disdain.
"Don't call them that Eric! These are victims of war or accident that we help continue their daily lives and jobs instead of just leaving them handicapped. The radiation therapies are only used in a bit to combat cancer though only 50% of the patients fully recover. And those crazy injections as you call them are used to neutralize harmful substances in the body of the patients."
"I can't help but sometimes feel those methods are unnatural and rob people of their human nature"
"It's called science and technology Eric. You know all the good things AMG does but you still act as though AMG is evil. I work there you know and I'm happy to."
"Even when you are paid below your intellect"
"Really Eric? Are you really going to say that to me like you know the origin of everything? Miss Jordan is the reason I went to college and the reason you ever met me in the first place!" Bianca said angrily
"I'm so sorry B. I just don't like the idea of you working there. You know that....." Eric was still talking when Bianca interrupted him
"Well get used to it cause I ain't leaving. I can't even it I wanted to. I signed a contract you know" Bianca said now sad with watery eyes
"I'm so sorry my love. I didn't mean it that way"
"I try to forget those things and live happily and for the future but you take me back"
"I so sorry B. I won't bring it up again I promise. Please forgive me my love"
"It's alright let's just change the topic" Bianca said dabbing her eyes with her white handkerchief.
For the rest of the evening, Eric chose his words carefully so as not offend Bianca again. They talked about other things and made jokes and soon Bianca was smiling and laughing again.
"You're one hell of a crazy guy but you're lucky though" Bianca said laughing hard
"Yeah you could say that but I'm incomplete though" Eric said calmly
"How do you mean sweet?" Bianca asked curiously
"I don't have something that is very important to me" Eric replied still calmly
"What could that be sweet?" Bianca asked now a little perplexed and curious
"You my love"
"But you already have me....."
"Not entirely" Eric said as he stood up
Bianca was still watching him perplexed as he got down on one knee beside her, brought out a little case from his pocket and stretched out his hand
"Having you in my life is a blessing Baby. From the first day I met you till now I still wonder how my life would have been without you. You make me smile and you amplify and multiply my happiness and I love you with all my heart. I want you to complete me my love for I am only but half. Make me the happiest man on earth and be with me forever. Bianca Beverley will you marry me Eric Theodore???"
Tears dropped from Bianca's eyes as she listened to him. It felt like everyone one else in the restaurant instantly vanished and it was only but the both of them. It was as though his voice echoed and everything was is slow motion. She was overwhelmed and couldn't believe what was happening. "Is he really proposing to me?" She asked herself. She tired to utter words but nothing seemed to come out of her mouth.
"Yes! Yes!! I will marry you!!!" Bianca finally said as she stretched her left hand forward and Eric put the ring in the middle finger.
It was a diamond encrusted golden ring given to him by his grandmother before she passed on. The ring had been in the family for a century it was a treasure and asset to the family so it was never sold.
Eric lifted Bianca up and gave her a long kiss as every other person in the restaurant clapped on.
"I love you Bianca" Eric said looking into her eyes
"I love you too Eric" Bianca said back
"No, I love you more" Eric said and Bianca just smiled as she didn't want to go on and on about who loved who more.