Thirty One

Sounds of plates and trays dropping at different tables filled the atmosphere of the busy restaurant, classy men and women ate mildly. The restaurant was quiet but also a little noisy.

Janis and Jax continued to eat their lunch calmly, there was grave silence at the table although Jax could perceive that Janis had a thousand unspoken words. She had her eyes more stationed on Jax than the lunch in front of her.

Her eyes kept examining him again and again, when she notices his eyes slowly boring into hers, she withdraws and throws her gaze down to her food.

She was famished to see Jax all decked up in wealth, the question of how he became so big and rich continued to hurl up inside her. Janis couldn't help but admire him at every chance she gets.

Jax on the other hand was still very focused on his lunch but he also caught her eyes fixed on him a few times. He could see through her self control, the self control that held her from asking the questions she had on the inside.

Jax paused