Chapter 115 - CHRISTMAS WITH THE IN-LAWS II

In most home, people would start to decorate their houses in September or October and the decorations will stay until mid-January. In Cayenne's place, they would start to decorate their house in December 24 until January 3. It's because she didn't want to pay a hefty sum of electric bill for no reason.

When she came out, she helped Kyle cook their food for Christmas eve and prepared some activities while waiting for the clock to strike twelve in the evening. They didn't have much to decorate so Luiz and their mother finished it as soon as possible.

Stefan didn't want to sleep while everyone was busy but he was really tired. To compensate for it, he ordered some food online and asked the restaurant to deliver it two hours later. After that, he fell asleep while clutching Cayenne's pillow close to his chest. It was the only substitute he can find while his woman was busy outside.

Around eight in the evening, someone knocked on the door to their apartment. Cayenne was still cooking so she asked Kyle to open the door.

"Good evening, sir. I have a delivery for Ms. Cayenne Ardolf." The delivery guy was carrying two large plastic bags with food boxes inside.

Reading the name on the bag, he knew that it was probably his future brother-in-law who ordered it. There's no way for Cayenne to know such expensive restaurant.

"She's my sister." Kyle mentioned and called out. "Yen, it's a delivery for you."

Few seconds later, Cayenne came out to face the delivery guy. "You're Ms. Cayenne Ardolf?" he asked again.

"Yes, it's me." Cayenne looked at the bag and noticed that it came from one of the restaurants that Stefan owned. "Thank you for sending it over." Cayenne motioned for her brother to take the bags while she signed the delivery form. "Wait her a bit." She stormed back inside and grabbed a small pouch of cookies that she personally made. "Merry Christmas." Cayenne gave it to the delivery guy and even smiled at him.

The man expressed his gratitude and left.

Cayenne went inside her room to check the culprit once again but he was sound asleep and she didn't have the heart to wake him up. She just fixed her quilt over his body to make sure that he won't feel cold. Then she went back inside.

A smile appeared on Stefan's lips as soon as she was out. He was really sleeping at first but he woke up with the sound of someone knocking from the front door. He knew that Cayenne would most-likely look for him after knowing that he was the one who ordered them. Thus, he pretended to be sleeping.

He waited for another half an hour before he went out – full of energy and life. "Hi. Is there anything that I can help?" He questioned while looking around him. The place wasn't very large and there weren't that many furniture but it was relatively organized and clean.

"Are you hungry?" Cayenne walked up to him and asked. "I'll get some food for you."

"There's no need." Stefan stopped her before she can leave his side once again. "I'm not hungry yet. How about we play some game?"

"What game?" Cayenne asked.

Luiz and Kyle heard them, too but they didn't join their conversation. Cayenne's mother felt tired after working around and given her frail body, they decided to let her rest and leave everything to them.

Stefan was just about to respond when someone knocked on the door again. Cayenne helplessly sighed and opened the door. And it was not just Cayenne who got surprised. Her visitors were surprised too.

Stefan stood rooted on his place. Cayenne's face changed colors as time went by and she even forgot to let them in.

"Ahem." Kyle coughed drily to get their attention. "Please come in." Kyle stated and widened the door for them to get it.

"Thanks for having us." Luna, the receptionist in the hotel, also Cayenne's best friend, bashfully took of her shoes and changed it into the indoor slippers that Kyle gave them. She was together with her boyfriend, Ali, who also greeted them and threw an embarrassed smile towards Cayenne.

Cayenne turned around and walked towards Stefan, not knowing what to do. "Uhm…I forgot to inform you." She started while glancing at her best friend. "Luna is my best friend. She always spends Christmas and New Year with us. With all the things that's been happening lately, it slipped my mind that she'd be here."

"Sorry." Luna also mumbled while looking at her boss.

"It's fine." Stefan waved his hand in dismissal. "I'm the one who's intruding here."

Luiz brought out some refreshments and sat down in the living room. "You wanted to play a game, right? Let's play something that won't cause so much noise."

Ali and Luna just nodded their heads while putting their gifts beside the Christmas tree, and placed their food and desserts on the dining table. Luna found the food boxes from one of the restaurants that Stefan owned and her mouth twitched. 'She's got so much to discuss with me.' She told herself while stealing few glances towards her best friend.

When everyone was seated, Cayenne took a deep breath and faced Luna and Ali. "Lulu, I'll talk to you about this later. Ali, this is Stefan, our boss." She turned to Stefan and introduced Ali to him. "He's Luna's boyfriend."

"Hello. I hope you don't mind my presence here." Stefan told them with a faint smile.

It was the first time that Stefan smiled and it was blinding Luna. "No problem, boss." Luna smiled. Ali slightly nodded his head in agreement.

Cayenne felt a little relieved but she also knew that she'd have to explain a lot after this day.

"So, what game are we playing?" Kyle asked to change the tense atmosphere hovering around them.

"Never Have I Ever." Luiz suggested. "It's time to see what you guys are hiding from each other. It's not to ruin your relationship but for you to know your partner better."

"Lucky!" Kyle commented since he's got no girlfriend.

Since no one disagreed, Luiz took it as an acquiescence from everyone. He immediately run to his room and took four long bond papers since there were two couple; and together with Kyle, he wasn't planning to join the game. Least, he'd step on the landmine that he's going to create.

Kyle folded it in half for him and wrote NEVER on one side and I HAVE on the other side.

"This is going to be fun." Luiz muttered which made the two couples looked at each other with worry.