The General Who Hates Me - 343 The Cookies

Thea woke up just when their car stopped. “Are we there?” she asked sluggishly as she rubbed her eyes. “Yes hon. We’re here.” Jeru murmured as he went out and held Thea’s hand as the latter also stepped out of the car.

Thea gasped seeing the beautiful view. The villa was amidst a tranquil landscaped garden. It was combined with a serene atmosphere and a sense of proper indulgence.

Thea walked inside and she smiled in admiration. There was even a freshwater heated infinity pool  facing the crystal blue sea.

“Ohhh so beautiful!” Thea blurted out loudly. She felt Jeru hugged her from behind as he murmured, “Yes it is, but not as beautiful as you…”

Thea giggled and hugged Jeru’s arm with hers. “Since when did you start speaking flowery words?” she commented.

“Hmm, ever since I found you…” replied Jeru. He was wondering if he should tell Thea right now how he felt for her or give her a little surprise as he had planned! He did not want to keep any kind of regrets and most especially he did not want any of those ‘what ifs’ that his father had reminded him.

“Hon…” he murmured.

“Yes?” Thea asked as she moved her head a bit right to face Jeru who rested his chin on  her shoulder.

“Hmm… I…” said Jeru but paused. He still had two weeks so maybe he should not say it now and did things as he had planned?

“What?” Thea asked impatiently because Jeru left her hanging with the word “I”. She was becoming nervous at the thought that it could be those words, those three words she was dying to hear from him.

“I… Hmm… I’m hungry. I will prepare dinner while you sit and enjoy the view of the sunset. It’s always you who feeds me so this time I’ll do it for you.” said Jeru chuckling as he lead Thea to sit on the couch facing the beach on their terrace.

Thea relaxed and waited for Jeru to finish with his cooking. She wanted  to watch him cook, but Jeru did not let her saying he would not be able to concentrate on his masterpiece. “Is he baking or what?” Thea mumbled as she  smelled something sweet. She got her book and did some reading as she relaxed her body and felt the fresh air on the terrace.

But Thea dozed off  while reading. After more than an hour and thirty minutes, Thea woke up and stretched her arms. “What is that?” she whimpered a complain because Jeru was still not done and she was itching already to see what he was cooking.

Finally, a few more minutes passed and Jeru called for her. “I’m done. Let’s eat!” Jeru cheerfully exclaimed as he pulled Thea towards the living room.

He pulled a chair for her and Thea blinked several times looking at what he had prepared. There was a vegetable dish but some vegetables were cut in heart shape. She looked at another plate and saw pork. “What’s this?” she murmured seeing the pork was cut in a heart shape too!

She heard Jeru laugh and said vaguely,”Why? Don’t you like my heart?” Thea did not know whether to laugh or what… Instead she grabbed each and said, “Okay hon let me eat all of these hearts!”

Jeru watched her in awe as she ate all of those heart shaped dishes. Then he mused,’how come she didn’t ask why I did those heartshapes?’

“How was the food?” Jeru asked smiling after Thea finished the main course. “Hmm, it’s good.I never thought you can cook so well hon.” praised Thea as she caressed her tummy gently.

Jeru was waiting for his wife to ask why he had done the heart shaped dishes but it never happened. He sighed and got the dessert. It was a platter  of exquisite fruits also cut in heart shape personally by him.

Thea was chuckling seeing all the heart shapes… Obviously her husband was trying hard to be  romantic and she did appreciate it very much.

“Hmmm all right let me eat all of these hearts too!” She snorted.

Jeru crumpled his forehead and murmured, “Don’t you notice it?”.

“Huh? What?” Thea mumbled as she ate the fruits.

Jeru almost rolled his eyes as he went and grabbed the box in which  he put the cookies he had baked. “Hmm here… Try these cookies too. I baked it especially for you.” he said timidly and gave it to Thea.

“Thanks…” Thea said and accepted it. She opened the box and grabbed the first cookie. It had chocolate chips embedded on it, weird because the chocolate ships formed a letter. ‘Was it ‘I’? She mused before she ate it.

It was good. Not too sweet and tasty and she loved it so she gave Jeru a  two thumbs up as she got the second cookie.

Thea knitted her eyebrows seeing how the chocolate chips formed the letter “L”. Her heart started palpitating as she ate it faster. Then she took the third cookie…’Oh my God!’ she screamed silently as the chocolate chips formed the letter “O” on this one.

She even blinked several times before eating it wholly. Then she got another and another letter was formed and it was “”V”. Her heartbeats were in chaos as her heart pumped like she was on a death row. But it was not a death row, it was the opposite if there was an opposite word for death row like life row? No love row! Her mind went blank that she ate it faster and picked another cookie and saw a letter “E”.

But her face crumpled seeing there were no more cookies left. ‘What was that? I LOVE? Where’s the YOU?’ She wanted to scream but was startled when she felt Jeru’s lips on her as he whispered “YOU”

He looked closely at Thea’s eyes before he smiled and confessed, “I love you Thea…”

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