Chapter 1 After five years

DIANA

I couldn’t possibly see otherwise.

The man sitting at the table I was meant to attend to is none other than my ex-boyfriend and the father of my twins.

I furrowed my brows as I kept walking towards the table he was seated with three other men discussing.

He was looking good as always, even better than he was five years ago.

He had grown and the more I walked closer to him, the closer I saw the little changes in his face.

Albert didn’t keep beards five years ago but now he did and they were perfectly trimmed and neat.

I felt my palm become sweaty and my legs shaking as I walked closer to the table he was seated at.

My heart was beating in my chest with every step I took closer to him.

Who would have thought that I’d see the man who broke my heart into pieces in the restaurant I work at after five years.

The man who dumped me and made me feel like I was not worthy. The man who ruined other men for me and the man I was supposed to hate with all my heart.

Well, I should have expected it as I worked In a five-star restaurant and a lot of rich and prominent people patronized them a lot.

It was well known to people but never did it cross my mind that I would see him here.

After Albert broke my heart five years ago, he was nowhere to be found until three years when I saw him on the television.

In six months after taking over from his father, he has been able to accomplish a lot and helped expand his father’s business.

I took in a deep breath and exhaled before standing at the table that needed my service. I forced a smile to my face. “Good evening sir, my name is Diana and I will be at your service today,“ I introduced myself.

At that moment, Albert lifted his head from his phone and his eyes met mine.

My eyes met his blue eyes, the ones that always made my heart skip whenever I looked at them and I hiccuped And looked away not wanting to stare at him for any more seconds.

“Can I have the menu?“ One of the men asked.

“Oh...here it is.“ I stuttered, handing the menu to him and the others.

I could feel Albert’s hot gaze on me but I didn’t look in his direction.

I didn’t like how affected I was that he was looking at me and why my heart was beating faster than normal.

I was over him and any feeling I have left for him is hate but yet I was nervous knowing he was staring at me.

They all told me what they wanted after carefully looking through the menu. Albert was left to make his order yet and so I lifted my head to look at him and I felt shivers down my spine when my eyes met his.

“What do you want sir?“ I managed to say without stuttering.

“I want your best main dishes,“ he said in a deep husky voice, one that I loved to hear whenever I woke up by his side every morning.

Hearing his voice made me angry because I not only missed them but it made me think of the good old days between us until he broke my heart and left.

“I’m afraid that I will need a specification because all of our dishes are very good,“ I replied, avoiding eye contact with him.

“If you were to eat here, what would you get for yourself? I would like to have something that you would get for yourself if you wanted to eat here,“ he said and I nodded my head.

“Okay, sir. I will be back in five minutes,“ I said before turning to walk away.

I exhaled deeply as soon as I was away from them. It wasn’t easy for me to be in the same space as him and not have mixed feelings.

I returned to the table with their orders and just as I was about to place Albert’s order on the table, I tripped and almost fell Albert caught me and so I found myself seated on his lap but thankfully the food didn’t fall as Albert had caught them with his other hand

My eyes widened and my heart skipped once I realized the position I was at. I immediately got up from his lap and quickly apologized.

“I’m so sorry sir.“

I was sure I saw Albert smirk but before I could confirm it, he had a blank look on his face.

“Aren’t you a clumsy one, young lady,“ I heard one of the men say and I bowed my head to apologize?

“I’m so sorry,“ I quickly apologized to them.

“It’s fine,“ Albert said, placing the food on the table.

I walked away from them with tears in my eyes, threatening to slip. I entered the bathroom and began to cry.

I felt so angry and embarrassed about what happened minutes ago and worse, Albert’s reaction. I didn’t know how I expected him to react but I didn’t like that he saw me in this situation.

After some minutes, I stepped out of the bathroom and continued my work. I pleaded with Laura, a friend of mine, to take over Albert’s table for me and she did without complaint, which I was grateful for.

I closed for that day around eleven and as I was heading home, I heard someone call my name.

I knew who that voice belonged to because I was once in love with that voice. I turned around to see Albert running up to me.

“Diana,“ he called again and I began to walk faster than I usually did because I didn’t want to see him and I didn’t want to talk to him.

“Stop walking already Diana.“

Albert held my wrist, stopping me from walking all thanks to his long legs and in anger, when I turned around, my hands moved faster than I expected and landed on his left cheek, leaving a loud sound.