When Andrew nodded, Daniel chuckled, "What have you people done to this peaceful city?"

"Now that you are here too, I think it was a bad idea coming back. But well—" Andrew shrugged. "If I hadn't come back, how would I marry Rachael?"

"Oh now that we are on this topic, is she the box girl?" When he did not say anything, Daniel grinned, "Oh my God, she is the box girl."

He grinned and patted Andrew's shoulder. "Damn man, you somehow managed to marry your childhood crush. That's such a cool story to tell your kids."

"Don't be so loud," Andrew reminded him before looking at the direction Rachael left.

"So you didn't tell her yet?" When he shook his head, Daniel started imparting his wisdom. "Look, when you tell a woman such things, they get very overwhelmed and feel very touched."

He placed both his hands on his shoulder. "And trust me, whenever a woman is emotional because you did or told her something romantic, you will be blessed with the best love making session ever."

Without waiting for his reply, he further explained. "When I told Kate that I knew I would marry her when I saw her walking down the red carpet in that red evening gown for the first time, she got so overwhelmed—" Daniel closed his eyes and sighed, "Best s*ex ever."

Andrew: " "

"I get horny even when I think about that night," he added.

Andrew frowned and shrugged his hands away from his shoulder. "Alright horny uncle, take your hands away from me."

"Damn I miss my baby girl so much," Daniel sighed. "I am gonna go call my wife now, you should also go up."

Andrew nodded and quickly rushed to the bedroom. He was so ready to get lucky tonight.

....

[Outside High Mountain Club]

"Where is she?" Owen frowned when he couldn't see Tina anywhere.

"She must be around—" Ben nervously tried to look for Tina. This was the only chance he had to run away from Owen who had forced him to a strip club.

As he had promised him, Owen had bought two lap dances for him and was ready to buy the third one when Ben impulsively told him he had to leave as Tina wanted to meet him.

At first, Owen did not believe him but when Ben assured him he wasn't lying, he agreed but accompanied him outside to make sure he wasn't lying to him.

Left with no other choice, Ben messaged Tina and told her to meet him near the club. He wasn't sure if she would agree but to his surprise, she asked him to send his location.

Fifteen minutes after sending her the location, she called him saying that she had arrived.

"Ben, did you lie to me?" Owen glared at him.

"No, I—" Ben stopped when he saw Tina. "There she is—" He pointed towards the direction she was coming from.

Owen looked at Tina and raised his brows. "Damn bro, she is hot." He then looked at Ben. "Does she like you?"

"I—" Ben was speechless. How was he supposed to answer that question?

"She is Rachael's friend?"

"Yes, she is one of madam's best friends," he answered.

"Only if she wasn't related to Rachael, I would definitely hit on her." Owen sighed and helplessly shook his head in disappointment. "Let's just say you are lucky."

He patted Ben's shoulder and added, "You can have her."

Ben: " "

"Hey—" Tina approached them. "I thought we were meeting at the bus stop, I was waiting for you there."

She then looked at Owen. "And you must be Andrew's cousin from Russia"

"Yes I am—" Owen smiled and extended his hand towards her. "Pleased to meet you, I am Owen Volkov."

"It's nice to finally meet you, Rachael has told us so many things about you," Tina smiled.

"Only if I knew Rachael's friends are so pretty, I would have nagged her to take me over sooner."

"Yeah, Rach told us you are very flirty," she chuckled.

Owen: " "

Ben covered his mouth to stop himself from bursting into laughter.

Awkwardly clearing his throat, Owen remarked, "I should go inside."

After he left, Ben and Tina stood rooted in the ground without uttering a word. One could sense the awkwardness between them from a distance.

"Thank you for coming and sorry for the trouble," Ben finally broke the awkward silence.

"It wasn't troublesome at all, I was just sitting at home anyway." Tina lied with a straight face. She was still at work when she received his message. She had a very important presentation in two days and she was working on it.

Initially she wanted to turn him down but she couldn't force herself to do it. The thought of him being disappointed made her feel awful.historical

After hearing about Ben's serious relationship, Tina felt very discouraged. She knew she liked him but there was a chance that he might never like her the way she did. This made her feel disheartened.

She didn't wanna get involved in a potential one sided relationship in which she would definitely end up getting hurt. She wasn't ready for a heartbreak.

But the more she tried to distance herself from him, she felt even more attracted. One short message from him and she came running to him, leaving everything behind.

"Okay then, I'll drop you home."

"Oh okay—" She gave him a weak smile. It would be a lie if she said she wasn't disappointed. She had left work for him and he didn't even have the courtesy to invite her for dinner or accompany her for a while. He wanted to send her home straightaway.

'Give up already Tina, the guy is not interested in you,' she reminded herself.

"What happened? Are you okay?" Ben inquired. The change in her expression did not go unnoticed by him. He wanted to invite her for a short stroll and dinner but he thought it would be a little inappropriate.

"Nothing," she smiled at him. "You don't have to drop me, I can go by myself."

....