Take My Breath Away

After the waiter left, Sheffield winked at Evelyn. "Do you know what I ordered?"

Evelyn looked at him suspiciously. "You can choose not to tell me. I'm not interested." As long as it was edible, it was fine by her.

"The goat's pizzle in this place is good," Sheffield told her.

'The goat's pizzle?' "What's that?" 'Is it kidney?' she wondered to herself.

Sheffield smiled slyly and said, "You'll know when it's served!" He opened a can of beer and put it in front of her. "Don't drink too much."

Evelyn picked up the can of beer and took a sip. "Do you often come here?" she asked.

"Not really."

"Then how do you know this place?" Even though she had lived in Y City for more than twenty years, she didn't know the existence of this place.

"My friend brought me here first. I liked the food, so I brought Joshua here twice afterwards. He liked the food so much we'd often come back here."

'Joshua comes here too? Okay, I see, ' she mused.

It took a while before all their orders were served. Luckily, Evelyn had already eaten earlier. When all the dishes had finally been served, she'd already downed her can of beer.

"Have a taste." He took a skewer of grilled meat and neared it toward her lips.

Looking at the strange shape of the food, Evelyn asked, "What kind of meat is this?" There was a hint of unpleasant odor.

"Oh, a piece of mutton!"

"Oh," Evelyn said as she took a small bite.

After she swallowed it, he stifled his smile and asked, "Was it delicious?"

"Not bad. It smells unpleasant but the odor is not very strong in the mouth. But it tastes a little funny..." The taste was very strange.

At last, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. "This is the goat's pizzle!"

"What's it exactly? Is it..." She blushed and whispered to him, "Is it the kidney?"

He answered with the same smile, "No, it's..." He leaned forward as he whispered something in her ear.

"Ahem!" Evelyn's face reddened while she choked on her own saliva.

She hurriedly took a swig from her beer. 'How could he deceive me into eating the goat's...' She glared at Sheffield who was still laughing his brains off. "That's too much!" Evelyn felt like vomiting as she thought about what she'd just eaten.

He stopped laughing, put down the kebab and pushed the seafood plate in front of her. "Have some seafood to wash down the taste."

"No!" She had lost her appetite.

"I was wrong, Evelyn. I won't do it again. One bite." He picked up some food for her with chopsticks and lifted it to her lips.

Evelyn looked at the slice of meat and asked, "What's this?"

"Oyster! Raw oyster."

Evelyn didn't think she'd ever be able to have a nice meal with him. "If you keep doing this, I'm leaving."

He put the oyster into his mouth and said, "You can eat the snakehead fish egg, abalone and shrimp."

"I'll eat later!" Evelyn rubbed her forehead with both hands, feeling a headache coming. She knew that he purposely got on her nerves tonight.

Evelyn finally calmed down, yet she became angrier when she saw him eating his kebab and beer happily.

She looked at what she had just eaten and said lightly, "I heard that what you eat is good for the corresponding part of your body. Tonight, you ate oyster and the goat's pizzle. Does that mean you're impotent?"

He stopped eating and answered, "No." The mutton pizzle was this place's signature dish. That was the only reason he had ordered it.

"If you can't do it, just tell me. I won't laugh at you. So you can eat more of it. Is one string enough? Maybe I should order ten more skewers for you? Just in case you won't be able to perform."

"I can," he answered seriously.

"Don't try to defend yourself anymore. I understand!" Seeing his face darken, Evelyn was happy. "It doesn't matter if you can't do it. I can find another man."

"Evelyn, I can do it." He was confident he could tame her in bed.

"It's okay. I won't tell anyone. Only you and I know this secret. Eat quickly and I'll order ten more kebabs for you after you finish this one!" Evelyn took the mutton pizzle and placed it in front of him.

"I think we need to talk about this when we get home tonight." He couldn't help but feel frustrated.

If they were at home or in the car, he would have had the opportunity to prove himself on the spot.

But he couldn't prove it here.

'Talk about it when we get back?' The smile on Evelyn's face froze. She took his hand and said in a soft voice, "I really understand. Just eat."

"Okay!" Sheffield added with a wicked smile, "Well, make sure you don't give me an opening."

Upon sensing the tone in his voice, she told herself she wasn't going to stay with him that night.

He then opened another can of beer for her and said with a tender smile, "Since you don't want to eat anything, why don't you just have some beer?"

Evelyn was alert. 'Is he trying to get me drunk?' She picked up her chopsticks and said, "The seafood is delicious. I can eat this."

"Okay." He simply smiled back.

After they had finished eating, Sheffield gazed at Evelyn who was already flushing after downing three cans of beer. "Evelyn, it's time for us to go," he said with a smile.

Giggling, Evelyn responded, "Sure." She thought she was fine, but to her surprise, she felt her head spinning as soon as she stood up.

Sheffield caught her by the arm and feigned a worried tone. "Ah, Evelyn, are you okay?"

Evelyn pulled away and answered stubbornly, "I'm fine." Her body felt a little light as if she was floating.

Evelyn looked around the place for Tayson but couldn't find him anywhere.

Little did she know that Sheffield had asked Tayson to leave earlier so he could have a nice time with Evelyn.

As he eyed her rosy face, he sighed to himself. He knew that he shouldn't try anything with her especially now that she was drunk. He took her to a convenience store, bought a bottle of water, opened it and handed it to her. "Drink. It will help sober you up."

Evelyn took the bottle and drank some water. She heaved a sigh of relief after, feeling better.

"Let's go. It's late. You have to go to work tomorrow." He made sure to guide her by the waist as he led her to the car.

Vigilantly, Evelyn looked at him. "I can walk myself."

The vigilance in her eyes wasn't lost on him. Chuckling, he said, "Evelyn, don't worry. I won't try anything with you." 'Not in a blunt, straightforward way. Why would she think that I could do that to her? I'll only ever do something if she wants me to.'

"You promise?" In hindsight, she figured she must have been really drunk to trust him.

"I promise!" he replied.