Smitten: A Mafia Romance — Chapter 63

"I am glad you are okay now." Aunt Dido caressed Korina's cheeks looking and smiling at her lovingly, "It's good to see you lively again, I missed the old you."

"I am so sorry Aunt, I am sorry." She apologised hugging the woman tightly. "I am sorry for my childish attitude towards me when you were only trying to help."

"It's okay, Okay everyone." Daniella grumbled, "Enough with all that stuff can we get to the part where we eat the food cause I am starving."

"Oh shut up." Anne hit her with her purse, "Let them be."

"Hungry cow." Korina scoffed pulling away from her aunt's embrace, "Glutton."

"Glutton?" Daniella asked, "says someone who could eat a full chicken."

"Please can you both not argue, I want a very peaceful dinner." Anne reprimanded them both.

The girls helped Daniella's mum set the table, she had prepared a large feast and she invited them over to come share with her.

"Daniella say grace." Her mum asked her. They were all sat at the table now ready to dig in.

"Uhmm... Lord bless this food, Aamen."

Daniella said and immediately dug into the food.

The rest rolled their eyes at her and joined her making small talks as they enjoyed their dinner.

They were in the middle of the food when the doorbell rung.

"Oh let me go get it." Aunt Dido said, she stood up and went to the door.

They heard voices at the door and She returned with a man dressed in a plumber outfit carrying a tool box.

"Jace." Korina whispered on seeing him and the rest girls were shocked just as she was.

"Be right back girls." Aunt Dido said, "I wanna show him what needs to be fixed." She led him away into the house and he didn't even spare them a glance.

"Wow." Anne gasped as soon as they were gone, "so he's a plumber?"

"A hot plumber." Daniella smirked fanning herself.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Korina growled, she wasn't comfortable and she didn't want to see him after what happened at their last meeting.

"He came to paint the house dumb face." Daniella snorted earning a scowl from her. "He's a plumber, what do you expect him to do? Paint houses?"

"I could do that too if you like." All three girls turned to see him standing right there, "I am actually an all weathered kinda guy." He added, he wanted so badly to look at Korina but was afraid that he'd embarrass himself, he was red all over by just being near her now.

The memories of their time at the club together raced back and he shut them out instantly, he didn't want to mess things up or do any thing embarrassing.

"Thanks a lot son." Aunt Dido joined them in the room, "It's working perfectly fine now."

"You are welcome ma'am."

She got her purse and dipped her hand in it to pay him but changed her mind on a second thought, "why don't you join us for dinner Jace? That's your name right?"

Korina's heart accelerated at the mention of him joining them for dinner, No! No! No! Hell no! The fuck no!

"Yes ma'am it is." Jace nodded, he was glad for the invite and was also nervous, he didn't want to stay, "And no thank you, I wouldn't want to impose."

"Oh no." Aunt Dido laughed, "You wouldn't be, we have more than enough."

Before Korina could think, her aunt had already pulled out the chair beside her and Jace got seated and she was already serving him as she had immediately instructed.

Damn! She thoughts she put food on his plate, things happen so fast, she frowned at Daniella and Anne as they giggled in her direction obviously enjoying her torture.

Having dinner with them was not what Jace had planned, he felt nervous as he watched Korina serve him and he noticed her wobbling hands making him wonder if she was as nervous as he was.

"Thank you." He whispered to her as she sat back down, she only nodded before digging back in her food.

The silence at the dinning table was gravely like his presence had changed everything, of course it would, he was a stranger. As time passed Aunt Dido started making conversations and the girls joined in, he just ate his food quietly and was observant.

He got to know the Daniella was the liveliest and loudest amongst them. Anne was a little reserved and Korina was a bit of both.

He watched them converse freely and laughed at some things they said or just nodded and at a point Jace envied them.

He wished he had the type of people around him but he had just Ade and his old mum.

He hoped one day he would be a part of Korina's life and get to share this with her, get laugh and be joyful with her like this.

Soon enough, dinner was over and everyone left, Aunt Dido had coerced Korina to get on the scooter with Jace so she could drop her home, she grumbled and complained but her aunt insisted and there she was holding him tightly again as he drove her home.

The ride was silent, none of them saying a word to each other as they both found the situation awkward.

Jace reached her apartment in no time and Korina jumped down from the scooter immediately.

"Thank you for the ride." She said.

"It was nothing." He said.

He was about to start his bike and be off when the sky rumbled and It started raining heavily.

The heavens poured down all of a sudden.

They both looked at each other, a knowing look.

Korina wanted to cry out in frustration.

What the fuck? She nearly screamed, why the fuck is it even raining in autumn?