" I answered quickly."No, not the obvious" she added. "I arranged for a chef to prepare you and I a fantastic dinner tonight. Most of it is done... I ...ust have to watch the timer on the over and set the table. Why don't you go take a shower and then join me back down here."I gave her a very passionate kiss and hurried upstairs. You see, my wife of 15 years never ceases to surprise me and keep our sex-life alive and well. I striped off my clothing and jumped in the shower, cleaning myself extra. "Hi!" I grinned and answered back. "You look nice." She did too. Bright yellow dress that set off her dusky, tanned shoulders. She had a matching sweater folded over the crook of one arm and a grocery bag in the other."Thank you," she grinned back. "So do you. Your hair's still damp." Yeah, I kind of dawdled in the shower. Here, let me take that," I reached out for the bag and she handed it to me. It was bigger than I'd expected, and seemed full."This all needs to go to the kitchen. Do you have. He listened for the few seconds as it played and then hung up the phone. I’ll call her when I get home, he thought as he hurried outside and jumped into a cab. See if she wants to come over. Vlad still wasn’t home for another week and he had the house to himself until then. He grinned to himself as the cab pulled away from the curb and thought about what he could put together in the time it would take Lena to come over. Once inside his empty house, he called Lena and got the machine again. He. "That does look good. May I try a bite?" Certainly."With his fork he cut off a morsel from her plate and ate it. "Very good." May I try some pate?"Loren broke off a piece of baguette and spread it with pate. Abrielle took it, sprinkled it with pepper and popped it in her mouth. She followed it with a cornichon from his plate. "Delicious." You put pepper on it?" That's the French way," she replied.Loren sprinkled pepper on his pate. "It is good this way." That was an excellent dinner," Loren.