It had literally everything one needed, it was even pet-friendly ! Talking about pets, maybe I should ask Marco for one.
I grabbed my phone and texted him. This was more important than the meeting. I need to make sure if he likes puppies or not, because his answer can either make me happy or make him single. Better not mess this up Vasilios.
Hey. We need to talk -Jillian-
I hit the send button and sat down on the chair on the balcony enjoying the view. This was my first time in Paris and even though I haven't been out yet I have been enjoying myself so far. The rooms are huge and comfortable, the food was heaven, and the view was amazing from up here.
My thoughts were disturbed by the sound of my phone. The screen said in bold letters Vasilios with a heart and ring emoji next to it. I picked it up, wondering why he called me.
"Yes Vasilios?" I answered in a sweet voice.
"What happened?" he asked murmurous. I bet he was still in his meeting. If he was, why was he calling then? The only thing he needed to do was send me a message back.
"Nothing." I said, "Why are you calling me if you're in a meeting?"
"What is it that you want to talk about?" I could sense that he was getting impatient.
"I wanted to ask if you like puppies." I rolled my eyes as I said that.
"Is that what you want to talk about?" he whisper-yelled and then groaned.
"Yes." I answered, "You just had to send me an message with a answer, you know."
"Don't scare me like that anymore. I thought it was important !"
"It is important." I replied in a matter-of- fact tone.
I heard him shuffle in the background and then I heard: "It's okay gentlemen, my girlfriend is okay. She just wanted to ask if I like puppies. Sorry for the interruption, I will end this call in a second."
Then I heard laughs erupting in the background and a man in a husky voice said: "That's like my wife, one time she called me in the middle of a meeting only to ask if I still love her. I married her and we have two kids."
They burst into laughter again and Marco came back to the phone. "Yes, I love puppies. I will buy you a whole shelter if you want."
"I just want one. Are you still in a meeting?"
"Yes, when you send me that text I immediately asked them to stop the meeting, because I thought something was bothering you. You didn't even add emoji's in the text. It sounded so...cold."
I chuckled. "I'm sorry. Tell them I apologize for the interruption."
"It's okay. Did you saw the rose?"
I nodded, but realized Marco couldn't see me. "Yes." I answered.
"Good, then I will see you tonight."
"Bye Vasilios."
"Bye pudding." he said before ending the call.
I sighed and went back to read the text and see if it sounded cold as how Marco mentioned. Reading it five times over and over again I realized what he meant. It sounded serious. Well, atleast I know that I need to re-read my texts before sending them.
I looked at my watch and decided it was time to dress up for tonight. It was only five, but knowing me I would stare an hour at the wall while I was slipping my dress on. I walked back inside my room and grabbed my makeup bag out of my suitcase.
I seated behind the huge mirror of my vanity table and started applying moisturizer on my face. Then I opened the youtube app on my phone and typed in: Easy makeup tutorial for date night before I started painting my face.
After what seemed an eternity I was finally satisfied with my look. Only the winged eyeliner took a good twenty minutes and then the eyebrows. That took another twenty minutes. But after the hard part was done, the fun part came. Highlighting. I highlighted the tip of my nose until it was shining like the morning sun and my cheekbones that now looked like they were sprinkled with glitter by the glitter fairy.
I applied dark red lipstick and curled my hair so it felt in waves on my shoulders. I slipped on my dress and shoes and admired myself in the mirror. If Reina was here she would definitely say something along the lines of: 'You will have Marco begging on his knees.'
I checked the time again, Marco could arrive any minute. I quickly snapped a picture and send it to Reina, who immediately replied with a ton of heart-eyes emoji. I smiled at my phone and then I heard the main door open and close.
"Pudding ! I'm home !" Marco yelled from the living room. I couldn't help but laugh as I was walking to the living room.
"I heard you Vasilios." I said laughing as I walk towards him. His jaw almost fell on the floor when he saw me.
"Waw." he breathed as he looked at me from head to toe. "You look---" he stopped and licked his lips. "Ravishing-- I mean beautiful, breathtaking, can we just stay home?"
"No." I exclaimed, "I mean I didn't spent forty minutes on my winged eyeliner and eyebrows. We need to go out, even if it's only to go to the store or something."
He chuckled and hugged me, inhaling the scent of my hair.
"Are you ready to go? I have quite an evening planned for us." he murmured. I could feel his hot breath on my head.
"Uh yes, I'm so ready as you can see."
He chuckled again and placed his hand on the small of my back. "Let's go then."
..........
When Marco said he had 'quite an evening planned for us' I didn't know it was that grand. First we went to the eiffel tower, which was absolutely magical. When we arrived at the Eiffel tower it sparkled and bathed in golden light offering a breathtaking view of the Paris lights. Then we went up to the top floor to see the stunning view of Paris and its monuments at night. We stayed there for a while, took pictures and then went back to the second floor to have dinner at the Jules Verne restaurant. After we had a delicious five course dinner we went to The Eiffel Tower Buffets to buy the famous french macarons.