Drink with me!

Kris let go of her hand and swallowed. "It's good."

Lena put the spoon on the plate. Kris grabbed it and started eating. Lena stood up from her seat.

"Where are you going?"

"To eat."

"Can you get me a glass of water too?"

Lena was going to complain about not being his servant but she nodded. He must be tired from all that punching. She went back to the kitchen and served the rest of the stirfry onto a small plate for her. She grabbed a glass cup and filled it up. As she walked back to the reading room, she stopped to check on Gary. She saw that James was in the room.

She closed the door and walked to the reading room. She placed the cup down on the table and ate her own food. It was so good. Tye must only buy premium meat. Kris finished his plate first and drink all the water. He looked at Lena as she slowly ate her food.

He could see the greasy oil on her lips, making it look moist. He cleared his throat and got up. He headed to the cupboard and pulled out a glass of wine. "You want some?" He asked.

Lena looked up and saw that he was holding a very expensive bottle of wine. Even though her family owned a prestigious wine company, it does not mean she gets to spoil herself with expensive wine every day. She also had not been drinking since she got discharged from the hospital. Her wound was healed so drinking would be alright.

"Sure."

Kris walked over and poured a glass for her and then him next. He took a small sip and went back to punching. Lena finished the food in her mouth and took a sip of the wine. Her eyes sparkled.

'It has been a very long time, my friend!' Lena smiled to herself. She took another big gulp and finished the whole glass as she ate her food. She glanced up to see that Kris was still doing his own thing so she poured another glass for herself. 'Don't mind me, just chilling here.'

When Kris went back to punching the bag, he had forgotten that Lena was in the room. His focus was on removing the stress from inside of him. His arms were tired from doing this all day but he kept going. Tiredness was just something small. His forehead was sweating. He stopped punching and used his arm to wipe his sweat. Turning his face slightly, he saw Lena still at the sofa.

Lena saw that someone was staring at her. She looked up and smiled innocently at Kris. Kris raised his brows. Lena's face was a bit flushed. She would never give him a smile like that unless she was doing something bad. He looked at the table and saw that her glass was empty and so was his.

He took off his gloves and walked over. "How much did you drink?" He picked up the bottle and noticed that it was empty.

"Heh… Sorry, got carried away. But don't worry, I have a good alcohol tolerance!" Lena gave Kris a thumbs up. Kris picked up his glass and went back to the cupboard. He opened a new bottle, one that was even more expensive than the first one. He poured it into his glass and took a sip. He turned around and Lena's eye was strictly staring at him.

'Why is she staring at me?' Kris put the bottle back into the cupboard and noticed that Lena's eye was on the bottle, not him. "You want it?"

"Can I?" Lena looked at Kris instead of the bottle he was holding.

"You can have another glass." Kris walked over to Lena but she started sniffling. He stopped and was confused. "Why are you crying?" He felt a similar sharp pain from his chest.

"I am not crying! These are happy tears… HAPPY tears!" Lena sniffled and wiped her happy tears. "Hazel always drink more than me so she steals all the alcohol and Gary can never buy expensive wine. This is the first time someone has treated me so well for alcohol."

Kris' heart smiled but his face was still the same. He placed the bottle on the table and drank his entire glass of wine. "You can have all of it. It's not mine anyway, it is Tye's." Kris could tell that the alcohol was getting to her.

"I can't have all of it. It's not good." Lena spoke but she poured her glass to the fullest.

"It's fine. As long as you don't throw up. James or Keso can carry you back to your room. And there are nurses here if you start choking on your puke."

"Ok." Lena quickly drank down all the wine in her glass. She poured herself another glass and raised it. "Drink with me!"

Kris sat down next to her and poured himself another glass. He took a sip and placed his glass on the table. It looked like he was a person who drank a lot but he knows that drinking does not help him with his problem. He lay back on the sofa and stared at Lena as she played with her glass of wine and hummed.

Lena knew that she was not drunk yet. She could probably go for a few more bottles before she is fully drunk. "Are you going to fire her?" Lena questioned Kris.

Her. Lena was referring to Jane. "No." Kris replied.

Lena looked at Kris wide-eyed. "But didn't you almost killed me for doing the same thing?!"

"Hers was an accident. Yours was not."

"The bite was self-defense."

"Not the kiss though."

Lena gasped. How can he bring up such an embarrassing memory?! "That was a gift!"

Kris took another sip from his glass of wine and gave Lena a sarcastic "Mhmm…"

Lena finished her glass and poured another. But before drinking that she lay back on the soft sofa. "You know... that was one of the best days of my life."

The kiss?! That was Kris' first reaction to Lena's comment, but she continued.

"When Andy pushed me down... everyone stared at me like some type of useless trash. And when I stood up from the dirty floor, I was a new person. I realized how much of idiot I must have been, chasing a man who could not even see me. Everyone was expecting me to fall down again and cry."

Lena drank and smiled. "But, you were the only one in the crowd who did not give me that nasty look. It looked like you were telling me to slap that son of b***h. In all honesty, I probably only got the guts to do it because of you.. hahaha..." Lena laughed. "So thanks! It was good to slap someone like him."