Sleepy wife

The dinner meeting started, and Alana was a little hesitant. She didn't think she was needed since there were all men. It turned out they went to a famous five-star restaurant. Alana had never seen anything so beautiful and elegant. The service was magnificent, the atmosphere was mesmerizing and refreshing, and Alana relaxed in her chair. Their table was a private one, far from other customers. She guessed Ricardo was a regular at the restaurant because immediately they arrived, the waiter and manager came to greet him and guided them to the reserved table

“This is Ms Mendoza, my secretary,” Ricardo made the introductions once they settled down, Alana nodded at the men with a smile

“Nice to meet you,” she said politely, and the men grinned and stared at her

“She's beautiful, I didn't know you got yourself a new secretary "“But remember, you are a married man,” the two men teased Ricardo when he introduced Alana to them as his secretary. Of course, she appreciated that because she didn't like the idea of anything finding out she was his wife

Aside from that, she admired the two handsome men who introduced themselves as Ricardo's business associates

Mr. Sanderson was into fashion, he owned a well-known fashion magazine agency and had a modeling agency. He wasn't old, but maybe two or three years older than Ricardo… Either way, she loved how the men were interacting professionally

Then there was Mr. Aubert, a typical French man who was cautious about French culture. Alana admired the man at first glance. The way he expressed himself and brought out his views

“Mr. Romero, I was hoping you could bring your wife, it's a shame we didn't attend the wedding,” Mr. Sanderson said as he ate his food. His friend nodded agreeing with him

“You should have invited us to your wedding… we aren't just business partners, but friends right?” Mr. Aubert added, Alana shifted her gaze secretly to Ricardo, and he was just nodding and smiling. Even if he was smiling, Alana found his smile fake

“You'll meet her eventually,” Ricardo said for the first it, it seemed he didn't want to talk about his personal life which his two friends were interested in

“Come on, not even a picture. I'm sure she's beautiful…or maybe a well-known celebrity…a famous fashion designer,”

“Or model, I know how you men roll, just thinking about it makes me want to meet her,” nothing men commented and laughed in between. Their words made Alana uncomfortable that she felt uneasy sitting with them

“Yeah, I'm going to have an epic fashion show, I need beautiful models…who knows maybe, we can add your wife,” Mr. Sanderson said with a grin only for Ricardo to throw a side glance at Alana

“Gentlemen, I don't think my wife is into any of those things,” Ricardo said as he adjusted his coat and smiled. The two men stopped eating and looked at him at the same time with surprised expressions

“A housewife, how shrewd of you….we know men like you, possessive huh,” Mr. Aubert said in between laughter teasing Ricardo

“It's not like that, gentlemen. I'm sure we can drop the discussion about my wife and focus on something more productive,” Ricardo said, hoping to change the topic, but it was making him uncomfortable. Especially when the wife was sitting beside him.

“Sure, so like I said… we trust you with this, all I need is a beautiful collection worth millions of dollars… can I be assured you'll deliver,” Mr. Sanderson said more seriously… Alana appreciated how things went back to normal. She was tired of hearing them talk about her

“Rest assured, my team is working nonstop to make sure nothing but the best is produced,” Ricardo remarked, Alana ate her food silently as the men's conversation continued

“Thanks, Mr. Romero, we'll get in touch soon,” dinner was concluded, and the men said their goodbyes and left, Alana was a little tired as she stretched herself and waited for Ricardo by the car

There was no driver; hence he was the one driving. Shortly after, the man said his final goodbyes and walked back to the car. It was late at night, and Alana's eyes were getting drowsy. She had never felt so sleepy before

“Thanks, sir,” she muttered when the man opened the door for her, she settled down and leaned back in the car seat. Ricardo settled in the driver's seat and the car started moving.

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The drive back home was a smooth one, Alana had felt sleepy and decided to close her eyes a little. Just to relax, however, she ended up falling asleep when they finally reached. Ricardo was troubled

“Foolish woman,” he muttered when he tried to wake her up, but she mumbled something about leaving her alone. It had been fifteen minutes, and he was still struggling to wake her up. He tried to honk, but unfortunately, she was still sleeping. To make matters worse she grabbed his hand, pulled her to him and snuggled against his chest

“Umm, so hard,” she mumbled and draped her arm over his shoulder and breathed against his chest since his shirt was open somehow

“Stop it now…can you wake up already,” Ricardo muttered feeling irritated with her, she wasn't a child to sleep so heavily? Unfortunately, the woman started snoring rendering him helpless that all he did was listen to her snores and her hot breath brushing on his skin

“I should let her sleep here,” Ricardo said and stormed out of the car and slammed the door shut. He would rather not touch her. It wasn't him who told her to fall asleep. She knew any better than fall asleep,