Accidentally Married

“Arghh” Jessica screamed. Xavier dropped the cups to the table and rushed to stand beside her.

“What was that?” he asked taking her hands on his and looming over it.

“I was not looming but I think the oil and spices from the meat dropped to the fire causing it to flare up” she explained.

She asked him to trust her that she would not get hurt but here she was with a burning wound on her hand.

“Let me get the first aid box but sit here first,” he said leading her to the chair by the table. He left her hand and dashed inside to search for the box.

He found one right by the kitchen exit door took it in his hands and sprinted out to meet her. He silently cleaned the surface and put ointment on it. Jessica was expecting the I told you so but it did not come so she settled her mind. Maybe he was not that petty after all.

“You are pretty good with burn wounds. Did you have a lot or did you help those who had wound burns a lot?” Jessica said when the silence was getting to her.

“Jason was stupidly adventurous while we were in school so I had to treat him because we could not go to the hospital for every burn,” he said coldly that she had no choice but to keep quiet again.

“You told me to trust you,” he said as he put the tools back into the box breaking the earlier silence.

‘And here it comes. Brace yourself’ she told herself inwardly as she looked at him.

“It was an error so chill out,” she said out loud.

“I told you this error could occur but you ignored me” he complained as he closed up the box.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“I was craving meat” she murmured looking away. Wasn’t the scolding more than the offense? She wanted meat and she tried to grill some but there was an accident.

“I have no control over errors or accidents” she explained. Maybe he did not understand the concept as well.

“I told you that we should have someone over to grill it for us but you refused because you wanted to do it yourself,” he said in a voice that portrayed his anger.

“This would not have happened because if you” she blurted out.

“Because of me? Me?” he asked shocked at the allegations. He had done nothing that could cause the accident except to open up a bottle of wine.

“Yes you,” she said countering him. If she did not get distracted by him she would have been so focused on the meat that there would have been no errors.

“I think you must be making a mistake. I made no move whatsoever to come close to the grill. I even stood at arm’s length. I do not even know how to operate one. So how can I be at fault?” he asked flustered by her accusations.

“What is burning?”

Xavier rushed to the grill. “How do I turn this off” he asked fanning on the flames with his hands.

“You have to cut off the air on the grill” Jessica responded coming close.

“Stop don’t come close. Tell me what to do and I will do it” Xavier shouted before Jessica could get to where be stood.

“Okay first it is an electric grill so you have to turn off the flame with the knob on the side” Xavier nodded and did what he was told.

“Okay then close the hood and remove the plug from the wall” she instructed and he did so.

“Oh thank goodness that could have started a fire,” Xavier said with a sigh and Jessica nodded in agreement. “See grills are dangerous,” he said walking to stand before her.

“If you say so Mr. Delgado,” she told him. Silence fell between them as they both shuffled on their feet. “There goes our dinner” she murmured breaking the silence.

“It’s fine I guess we can have cereal or something else” Xavier murmured. He did not mind because they had a lot to eat at lunchtime too.

“I can make something quickly and we can pair it with the wine,” Jessica told him.

“There is no need. Let’s just have cereals and go to bed” Xavier said.

“I can make something with the already grilled meat. It won’t take long” she said pointing to the meat on the table. “I don’t want it to go to waste” she added in a murmur.

It was not like she could not put it in the refrigerator and use it tomorrow to prepare a meal but she was having an extreme craving for grilled meat.

“If you insist then I must be the one to make the meal,” Xavier said.

“You how can you do that” she asked with a giggle.

“How can you do it? With your hand that has a burn wound?” he asked pointing to her hand.

“But have you made a meal before?” she asked trying to assess the situation and what she was getting into.

“No I have not but I am confident that if you guide me then I will be able to make a good one”

Jessica was surprised at his humility. He would allow her to direct him on what to do to make the meal. Her heart fluttered when she thought of why he was volunteering to cook. It was all because of her. She had hurt her hand and now she would get to eat the meal of the billionaire.

“Okay then go inside and wait while I clear out the place,” Xavier said nudging her toward the door.

“I can help you out with clearing the place. I have one functional arm at least” she said waving the hand in her face.

“Just go in. Must you find something to do?” he asked and he pushed her this time. “Go in,” he said when he saw her hesitation.

She turned and entered into the house. He would be making a bowl of stir-fried rice or pasta with the meat so she set out the ingredients for him.

He entered to meet her doing such and took her by the hand and made her sit at the kitchen island.

“Please stay here and do not move”