Page 26 of Blood Claims
“In that case, order her that… oh, and add Jellyfish salad.”
Which finally made me cave by screwing my face up.
“Okay, okay, so eww, eww, and extra eww with added uh gross,” I said, making them both laugh.
“Then how…?” Tal asked, but before I could tell him, Victor came up with the simplest answer.
“My guess would be she used to help out on the phones when it was busy… am I right?”
Yeah, he was pretty much spot on, making Tal whip his head to me and point his phone at me with one finger extended.
“Why you little cheater!”
I shrugged my shoulders and said,
“You never asked.”
I heard Victor laughing before going to get his own beer, after already giving me his.
“Well in that case, I think I will let the pro order,” he said, handing me his phone and trusting me to make a call. So, I took it slowly, as if this was a test and any second the thing would grow fangs and bite me.
“What do you both want?” I asked after Victor shut the fridge and leaned back against the counter that faced the kitchen island. Then just like his twin, he twisted off the cap and tossed it into the sink.
“Surprise us,” he said, making Tal add,
“Yeah, but no Tofu shit, we eat real meat.”
I laughed, tempted to order the weirdest shit they had just out of revenge. But then I wasn’t that cruel.
“They don’t have Dolmas,” I teased, referring to those stuffed leaves we had eaten at his restaurant during our date. Victor grinned and sent a little thrill through me when he praised,
“You remembered… good girl.”
“Hard to forget that night,” I admitted, although I was referring to the part where I was kidnapped at the end.
“Mmm, that it was,” Victor agreed before adding, “Well, you trusted my choices that night, therefore we will do the same.”
I nodded and clicked the ring icon, putting the phone to my ear.
“Mrs. Won, it’s Nessa here… erm, yeah, I am good, thanks,” I said, after purposely giving a pointed look at the two brothers who made this a lie. Oh, and both were of course smirking at the lie told.
“Yeah busy, busy, I know. I just wanted to place an order, a couple of friends of mine have never tried New York’s best Chinese take-out.”
Victor mouthed the word, “Friends?” making me shake my head at him, as if to say, not now.
“Okay, can we have three number fives, two sevens, but fried not steamed, and can you add a pot of that awesome chili oil I like?” I asked, making her agree as I knew she would.
“Then let’s have a twenty-one, a thirty-nine, for sure, a fifty-six, but a half not a whole. Hang on… are any of you allergic to nuts?” I asked the brothers and again, they looked amused by this before Victor shook his head, his smirk out in full force.
“Then let’s have a thirty-three as well, and as for fried rice, let’s go with a fifty-four, no, let’s go for a forty-eight as that will go better with the Kung Pao chicken, so two of those. Oh, and noodles, let’s go a hundred and one, yeah perfect,” I replied, already feeling my stomach trying to eat itself at just the thought of all this food coming. Of course, I was going way overboard because this would have been enough to feed a small Vampire army. But hey, I wasn’t paying and they were my kidnappers so, I was calling it a perk and ordering a feast.
“Okay, great, oh, but you need the address as it’s not being delivered to my apartment.” It was at this point that Tal took back his phone and reeled out his address, then he purposely looked at me and told her,
“Oh, and it’s for her lovers, not her friends.”
Then he handed it back to me with a wink as my mouth dropped. Because of course, I knew exactly what this was.
It was…
