John quietly left the dinning room so he wouldn't interrupt lana... he had a warm smile on his face as he walked from the dinning room down to damon's study... he knocked softly on the door, his smile dwindling as he pushed the door open after a few seconds and walked into the study... Damon was standing by the shelf of his study like he was searching for something important from the piles and stacks of files that were there... he didn't stop what he was doing when John walked in and instead asked... "What do you want..." John almost rolled his eyes because of the anger that was still laced in his tone, even the person he was mad at was back there enjoying her dessert...
"I wanted to know if you would care for some dessert, sir..." John asked because the dessert had originally been made for Damon...
"No, John, do I look like I'm in the mood for some dessert..." Damon responded and continued to go through the stack of files... "You can give it to someone else if you want or share it with the workers, I don't care..." He added, and John saw it as a perfect chance to say what was on his mind...
"I did already, and she seems to be enjoying it already..."
Damon froze for a moment "She?"
"She is having dessert", John responded, causing Damon to stop what he was doing... he turned to look at his butler with disbelief in his face... "Dessert?" He asked in disbelief, and John nodded, trying to hold back the smile that was threatening to appear on his face. "Yes, Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake to the exact... I think she loves it..." Marcus informed, leaving Damon further stunned... he was expecting to hear a report that she had gone back upstairs and locked herself in the room, but what he was hearing was something totally unexpected... Damon dropped the file in his hands and sighed deeply... was she crazy? What was her deal... John, on the other hand, was trying his best not to laugh out loud because of the expression on Damon's face... He knew he didn't need to give the type of dessert he was having, but he said it for the fun of it... "Do you think she is okay with staying here... since she is out there having dessert like it's her house..." Damon asked, and it took John a few seconds to respond to his question... "Maybe if you were a bit more calm with her, then things wouldn't be so tense..." He said what was on his mind, hoping Damon would think about his words and act on his attitude, but Damon's response almost made the old butler yell out in frustration.. "She doesn't deserve my calmness..." Damon said in a low voice and John sighed out deeply and shook his head... what else could he say to the stubborn employer of his for him to listen... he hated his stubbornness and sometimes which he could still scold him like when he was a kid... now he was a full fledge adult and filled with so much anger... maybe if he had stayed in the dining room and watched her savouring the strawberry swirl cheesecake and mini fruit tartts maybe his anger would reduce a bit...
"I will leave now ..." John said and turned to leave, he couldn't help but feel mad at Damon, who wouldn't listen to him.. "And where are you going... to serve her more dessert..." Damon said sarcastically. John stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Damon, a slight frown had settled on his face that Damon immediately noticed... "Yes, sir... I'm going to see if our guest wants more dessert..." He responded, his response made Damon scoff and pick a random file on his desk like he was completely unbothered by his butler's response, even though he was the opposite of that... "She isn't a guest in my house and will never be..." He retorted, causing the butler to glare at him before turning and walking away... Damon yelled a bit when John slammed the door behind him as he left his study... "Did he just glare at me..." He said in a low voice and scoffed again... Why was he acting so nice to her when he was just meeting her for the first time? Did he forget the kind of family she came from? "I can't believe this", Damon added and tossed the file across the table... he rested his back and folded his hands across his chest as he sat there in silence... "Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake..." He muttered under his breath, a frown settled on his face because that was his favorite dessert since he was little and it was always made especially for him because of how much he liked it... he reached out and picked up the file he had tossed across the table, the frown still settled on his face as he opened the file and tried to read through it, but not even up to a minute later, the file went flying across the table once again... Damon stood up and started to walk towards the door of his study, his hand was in his pocket as he walked out of his study and started to walk back towards the dinning room that he had left in anger... he slowed down when he was almost there and stopped just by the entrance where he could see fully into the room, but the people inside wouldn't be able to see him properly unless they moved closer to the door... his eyes immediately travelled to her to see what she was doing and if she was enjoying her "dessert" and for sure, like John had implied she was indeed enjoying it...
He stood there and watched in silence as she took another bite from the cake... Damon studied the bright smile on her face as John placed another slice of cake on her plate and asked her if she wanted some more orange juice...
"That's mine..." he muttered under his breath and immediately took a step back out of impulse when John turned to look towards the entrance of the dining room...