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Sophie was still feeling bad for Rafael. She understood Marissa’s point of view too. Gerard might be an uptight man, but he was there when Marissa wanted to promote her small cooking business. He even bucked her up and encouraged her to hire help.
The man managed to find cooking orders from his office to support Marissa.
But this strange pang of sadness due to Rafael was too much for her. It almost made her feel
empty.
Not knowing, what to do with her time, she wandered aimlessly around her apartment. The only way to distract herself was to make herself some popcorn and watch a movie.
After a few minutes, the buttery aroma was filling up the kitchen. Humming to herself, she brought the big bowl of popcorn and switched on the TV
While settling herself on the couch, she flipped through the channels to find something worth watching.
Out of nowhere the image of Joseph popped into her mind.
I wish I had taken his phone number. I am a noob!
She told herself and closed her eyes resting her head back. However, she groaned when she heard the doorbell.
“Urgh. Why every time I have to get that damn door!” she muttered to herself and reached the door while stomping her feet on the floor, “You?”
Nothing had prepared her to see Rafael standing at the door.
“You are back!” Frowning in confusion she regarded him, who was holding a six–pack of beer and an assortment of some crisps and snacks.
“What are you doing here?” her brows knitted together in surprise not realizing that she was asking him silly questions instead of letting him in.
He gave her a lopsided grin and shrugged, “Why?” he then didn’t wait for her to give the way and walked past her, their shoulders brushing slightly, “Relax. I was just away to buy these”
“Watching movie? Eh?” he asked glancing at the TV screen, “That too a romantic one?” she saw him taking most of the space on the couch until he decided to make some room for her.
“Yes. Was just about to start,” he started arranging all the snacks on the coffee table, “I also made popcorn,” she showed him the popcorn bowl.
“Perfect!” he took out two beer bottles from the pack and picked up the rest of the package, “I better put it in the fridge.”
Sophie was looking at his face for some sign of sadness or if he was still upset.
“Stop scrutinizing my face. I know I’m gorgeous!” he said taking back his place on the couch beside her.
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She rolled her eyes and increased the volume. The movie hero was saying some sweet words to the female lead and all Sophie wanted to do was pull her hair.
And the worst thing? The name of the lead character was also Joseph.
“More beer?” Rafael asked her when her eyes were glued to the screen.
“Huh?
“I asked you if you want more beer…” Sophie looked at her hand that was holding the empty beer bottle, she had finished in just a few chugs.
“Yes, please,” she nodded absentmindedly and looked back at the screen where the man on the screen was kissing the female senselessly.
“Sophie!” she jerked straight when found him standing there offering the bottle. But the next thing he did was pick up the remote and switch off the TV.
“Hey!” she protested and tried to snatch the remote control from his hand.
“What!” he quickly took it out of her reach, “You aren’t watching it anyway.”
“What do you mean?” she snapped.
“Your mind is not on the movie, Sophie. Tell me what it is,” He demanded but she just picked up the popcorn bowl and started filling her fist transferring everything to her mouth like a starved dog.
“Switch on the movie, Rafael. She asked him, pushing more popcorn into her mouth. She observed him with the corner of her eye and turned to him, “Switch it back, Rafael Sinclair.”
“Tell you what. This movie is depressing me!” he said, and she realized he must also be going through tough time.
“How about…” he leaned forward a little, mischief evident in his eyes, “we do something more
fun!”
“And what is that?” her curiosity was piqued now.
“How about a match? Where are your consoles, girl? Go get them!”
Her eyes snapped to his face, with shock etching her features, “Mario Kart?”
Rafael shook his head, “Something more challenging,” he thought for a moment, “Do you have Call of Duty installed?” he asked hopefully, and she whooped in excitement,
“Hell, yes. Marissa usually loses that game… just like others,” She quickly got hold of her remote to find the installed games in her smart TV
“Uh? Does Marissa lose? Try to beat me at it, girl!” Rafael retorted while raising a challenging eyebrow at her.
“Whoa!” Sophic smirked, “Well. Challenge accepted, boy!”
After a few minutes, they had almost forgotten their sadness. The game was loading, and they
< 120 120- Super Girl They quickly selected their characters and game mode. “Ready to lose?” Rafael taunted her playfully, glancing at her. “In your dreams!” she shot back, her eyes fixed on the screen. A few minutes into the game, Rafael knew Sophia wasn’t an amateur. She was handling everything like a pro. The way she was navigating through the map and then took cover and kept eliminating enemies, he was super impressed. “Nice shot!” he exclaimed as she scored a headshot, “But that’s not enough to win, girl!” “Oh, stop worrying about me, boy!” she replied, taking down another enemy, “Just focus on keeping up.” The game had intensified so much that they had completely forgotten about their half–finished beer bottles and snack packs. At one point, Rafael thought that he was losing it to her. And for some odd reason, he didn’t find it offensive. “What? Scared of losing to a girl?” she teased him, and he chuckled. “Not at all, super girl! You are one hell of a gamer. Who made you a gynecologist?” Sophie didn’t want to answer that as she was too engrossed in the game, but she had to admire the man who was not only playing but was also able to carry the conversation so effortlessly.