NOT GIVING UP ON FOREVER

Chapter 64

The next day Anna has fallen ill. She was glad to stay in bed, surrounded by the fruit and flowers Teo had brought, as soon as he realized she wasn't feeling well. He had to leave for work that day. After making sure she was all right at home by herself, he drove off.

Left alone, Anna first fell into a deep sleep with chaotic events, and upon awakening, binge-watched the season of "The Ghost Whisperer."

By evening, she had regained her normal state of health and prepared a romantic dinner while she waited for Teo to return from work.

He was very late, but when he arrived, he was genuinely surprised to find Anna in a crimson evening dress, with curled hair, scarlet lipstick on her lips, standing in front of a luxurious dinner, beckoning with its magnificent smell.

"Waiting for who? Confess!" Teo joked, putting off the working overalls.

"For you, silly!" Anna smiled.

"Are you feeling better? You're very beautiful... dressed up."

"I'm almost well." Anna handed him the guitar. "But a couple of songs will completely heal me."

Teo let out a satisfied chuckle and wasted no time in performing Jason Mraz—"I'm Yours," making mind-blowing faces.

"Thanks for everything." When he finished, Teo gestured toward the food table.

"Let's taste it?"

For the next few minutes, the romance faded into the background, and the clatter of plates and spoons began, for both were hungry. Teo looked at Anna with genuine happiness on his face, and she did smile back at him sincerely.

That was a moment of quiet time, when they were together, tet-a-tet, just eating, talking about everything. Anna bore Teo's snide comments about "The Ghost Whisperer" and teased him about his favorite movie, "The Notebook."

That dinner, even after so many years, Anna had replayed in her mind, remembering every detail, every smile, every look they had given each other that night before they had gone to bed and spent a night in each other's arms.