Grind to a Halt

I had the most amazing dinner at Antonio’s with Rafael.

We traveled to Tagaytay with no hitches. Traffic was surprisingly light in the South Luzon expressway. We arrived just in time for our booked schedule.

Antonio’s have different dining areas. Our reserved table was in the garden area with the Koi pond overlooking the black and white motif dining room below. Service was excellent and knowledgeable. Our wait staff was able to help us browse through the menu and picked our choices for entrée.

Food was superb. We both love the grilled certified Angus steak with loads of toasted garlic. Conversation was light and we were connecting in so many levels reminiscing our first few dates. We were feeling so open and oblivious to their guests on the other tables –I guess the wine gave us a bit of a buzz.

The wine we ordered had a fresh straw yellow color and inviting spray of berries with a hint of green apples and a typical aroma of white pepper. Medium bodied, contains a well-balanced acidity with pleasant fruits on the finish. A droplet of wine stayed on my lips glossing it against the soft light from the candle. Rafael, whose attention was all over me, took notice and kissed my lips lightly –I tasted the acidity on his plump lips and felt a gust of warm breath.

I pulled away shifting my attention to the chocolate dessert that the waiter just placed on the table. Rafael took my right hand and caressed it with his strong hands. Despite the cool Tagaytay breeze, I can feel the temperature in my body rising. He softly lands several quick kisses on my hand then in my arms… my eyes flickered and I could feel my ears blushing.

Rafael looked so hot.

I felt the sudden urge to go to the washroom and check myself in the mirror.

I excused myself and when I stood up, Rafael suddenly was on my side, pushing the chair aside to help me. I was thinking, “what a real gentleman…” when he suddenly grinded against my back!

I suddenly felt like an angel whispered to my ear to take me out of this nonsense! This is just too much public display of affection at a public place such as Antonio’s. I kind of nudge him away and made a beeline to the ladies room.

Before I went back to our table, I motioned to the wait staff and ordered a sorbet.

The strawberry sorbet cooled the moment and it was a quiet drive back to Manila.

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