(continued from Guardian Angel)

Part II

6

Ami had her own room and she only had to pay half a rent. She volunteered to leave the apartment whenever Corey had company over on weekends. She had another option was to remain silent inside her room listening to her iPod. Usually that shouldn't be a problem for her because she had her night job and came back around midnight. They both respected each other even though they rarely had any conversation. They tried to avoid any conflict which might ruin their friendships.

Corey was a good cook. Every now and then, he loved to try his new recipe and asked Ami to test out his new dishes. Tonight he craved for sirloin steak and he invited Ami to have dinner with him.

Ami, if you don't have to go out, you can stay and have dinner with me.

You want me to be your guinea pig?

Hey, it's free.

Fine. What are you making?

Sirloin steak.

Steak? I didn't know that you eat meat

Of course I do. I just love vegetable more

Yeah but sirloin steak? That's a big chunk of meat!

I thought you are a meat eater Ami

Yes but not you Corey.

Do you want to try my cooking or not?

Yes and thanks for cooking.

Ami looked at Corey with surprise. She knew Corey loved pasta, Italian food in general. While waiting for Corey to make sirloin steak, she helped him with the salad. After setting a table for two, they both sat down and started having some wine. Looking at a glass of white wine, Ami realized that Corey definitely was not a meat eater because white wine didn't go well with red meat. On the other hand, Ami knew that Corey always had salad with dressing on the side and his favorite dressing was vinaigrette. Without saying a word, she pretended everything was perfect.

Sitting on the opposite side of a table, Ami observed the way Corey forcing himself to finish his piece of steak as much as possible. The steak was good but for an almost vegetarian, it was a distress. Ami thought about Corey's look shaggy brown hair with blond highlight, narrow face, deep green eyes, beautiful straight nose, and gorgeous lips. His gorgeous face was imprinted deep inside her mind. His appearance was almost perfect sexy tanned skin, his stunning elongated

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