After lunch

Mikael’s POV

As soon as lunch with her father ended I deftly paid for the bill before the Senator could even ask for the check. He looked a little ticked while I stood, smiling as pleasantly as I could to the Senator and his younger son (what was the lad’s name again? It had to start with a J, I believe…) before taking Alicia’s arm in mine.

The senator’s gaze was disapproving but I didn’t care - I was the one protecting his daughter so he had no choice did he?

“Senator, thank you for the wonderful lunch,” I smirked.

“Thank you for joining us, Mr Serrano,” he responded a little bit displeased. It was the hint that showed he was blindsided by my arrival just like Alicia had but I didn’t care. I had achieved my aim and now, gaining his blessings so to speak, i wasn’t going to have any remorse in calling Alicia my woman no matter what. There would be no problems from him.

“Pleasure doing business with you,” i said, taking my card back from the waitress before leading Alicia out of the res