The president's seventh bride novel Chapter 44

The waiter brought the menu. Carlos gave Alicia a look asking her to order, but she pushed it to him, “Up to you. I am not familiar with this place and I don't know what to order."

He did not refuse, opened the menu, lowered his eyelids, and pointed a few special foods to the waiter. Alicia stared at him intently until he closed the menu and suddenly raised his head to meet her gaze. She looked away with embarrassment.

"Say whatever you want."

Carlos saw her hesitation.

"Just a little curious. Why did you suddenly propose to come out to eat?"

"One may steal a horse while another may not look over the hedge?"

Alicia shook her head hurriedly, “That's not what I meant. I didn't expect you to have the habit of eating supper."

"There are so many things you didn't expect. If you could think of everything, how other people live."

Carlos pointed his slender finger in the direction of the wine cabinet, “Any drinks?"

"No, no, no."

Thinking of her gaffe after drinking last time, she refused without thinking.

The waiter brought the food very efficiently, and the dishes were so exquisite that the appetite was greatly increased by just looking at it. Alicia was starving, and she just put things in her mouth despite anything.

"How about it?"

"Great."

"Better than instant noodles?"

"Much better."

She smiled as if flowers were blooming on her face. Carlos looked at her and become a little absent-mined, suddenly said, “Would you like to have a baby?"

Puff...

A mouthful of hot soup almost came out of her mouth. Alicia raised her head in shock, and stammered, "Who...with whom?"

"You tell me." He raised an eyebrow.

"Me and you?"

"Nonsense. Who do you want to have a baby with?"

Awkward. Alicia felt it was the end of the world. The man who sees a woman like a cockroach was proposing to have a child. What an unbelievable and frightening suggestion!

"But you don't love me."

"Who said that you must have to have a baby?"

"Isn't that a fertility tool?"

"So, you don't want to?"

She smiled lightly, “Not really. But I think you should think about it again as you seem not to be sober now."

"What if I say that I am sober now and I have considered it carefully?"

"Then let me think about it. It is a big deal and I have to be prepared."

Carlos nodded, “Okay, I will give you three days to consider it."

"Three days?" She widened her eyes, “Isn't it too short?"

"Too short? What about thirty years?"

"Thirty years? Isn't it too long..."

"Yes. I don't mind giving you more time to think about it, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to give birth to anything by then."

"That's nothing. However, if let the man like you who changes women like changing clothes to extend the period from 30 months to 30 years, I will be dead."

After Carlos rolled his eyes at her and said that "You really understand me", the first round of argument ended.

After filling their stomachs, the two went out of the restaurant. Alicia looked at the time on her watch, and it was two o'clock in the morning.

She sighed. This was the first time she was a night owl. She always behaved quite well and never knew what it was like after midnight. She stood there where the moonlight and the starlight intersect, and felt the commendable tranquility.

At least this tranquility was extremely rare in a noisy city during the day.

"What are you looking at? Let's go."

Carlos had already gotten into the car, and seeing Alicia looking up at the sky like a fool, reminded her to get in the car impatiently.

"Oh, fine."

She hurriedly opened the door and sat in, looking straight ahead, “Okay, let's go."

"Seat belt."

Carlos gave her an eye to indicate that she did not wear a seat belt. Alicia waved lazily, “It's okay. We'll be home in a while, and there are no traffic police in the midnight."

"Don't trust my driving skills too much. As you said, I may not be sober now."

As he said, he suddenly leaned over and stretched out his hand to tie her seat belt. This action evoked Alicia’s vague memory. She remembered last time the two of them came out to eat together, and he was this close in front of her. But that time, she could touch his face unscrupulously through drunkenness. This time, she could only hold her breath and freeze her body.

As the car was moving, Alicia felt inexplicably hot. She opened the window and poked her head out to enjoy the breeze touching her face.

After a while, she couldn't restrain the doubts, turned around and asked, “Why did you propose to have a baby?"