Chapter 952 - I Hope She Is Not Too Bad (1/2)

”So...what are you going to do now?” Aleksis asked.

Rune smiled at Aleksis' question. He shrugged and answered. ”I will come to the blind date. The children have been punished for what they did. I am sorry to see them being punished without getting anything out of it. Besides ... they do this out of love for me.”

”Oh ... when and where is the date?” Aleksis asked attentively.

”Tomorrow at 8 pm in a cafe in East Village,” said Rune. ”The kids have already made the reservation and such.”

”What's the girl like?” asked Aleksis again. ”Do you want us to come with you? Sometimes Alaric and I go out on dates too, you know. And, it seems like we haven't had a drink in the East Village in a while.”

”What? You want to come too?” Rune asked in puzzlement. ”Wouldn't that be too excessive? I'm just going to meet up with her briefly and have dinner with the girl just as a courtesy. It's not like a real date on my part. So, you really don't need to spy on me.”

”No, we are not spying on you. It's just that, it's such a coincidence that Alaric and I haven't gone on date night outside for a long time,” Aleksis said, glancing at her husband.

Alaric didn't react at all when his wife turned to him. He and Aleksis did go out occasionally to fulfill his wife's wishes. Alaric, if it was up to him, would prefer not to leave the house and met many people outside.

”You don't have to come...” said Rune hastily. ”She would feel awkward. If you did that, I would feel like I was a child being dropped off by his parents for a playdate. I'm an a.d.u.l.t, I'm over 40 years old. I can do this alone without a chaperone, okay?”

He rolled his eyes when he knew Aleksis was making an excuse to come and watch him on the blind date.

Aleksis frowned. ”Why not? We are not going to mess up your date with Rose. Alaric and I will pretend that we don't know you. Just think of us as two of those cafe visitors.”

Rune widened his eyes at Aleksis' words, ”Geez ... don't try to follow me and pretend you guys just happen to eat at the same place. ”

Aleksis immediately sighed. Rune easily read through her. Her younger brother was really clever.

”Alright .. you win. But please let us know the progress, okay? I am dying to know how your first blind date will work out. By the way, what is she like? Do you have her pictures?” she asked Rune again.

Rune nodded. He handed over the tablet in his hand to Aleksis. His sister examined some of the photos on the screen and frowned.

”She looks beautiful in these pictures, but I can not be sure. Looks like the photos have been doctored too much with Photoshop,” Aleksis commented. It is true; the girl's face in the photo was just too smooth and perfect.

Yikes! Sadly, that was how girls today were, he thought. With the advancement of photography and editing technology, it was very easy to retouch images. A girl's face could look so perfect by using all those apps.

Aleksis could guess that the girl's real face might not be too similar to her photo, just like what happened on most occasions.

”Hopefully the original is not too bad, huh ...” Aleksis commented as she handed back the tablet to her brother.

Rune did not take her words seriously. Aleksis spoke in a joking manner. Rune knew, for his sister, physical appearance was not important. What was more important to her was character, personality, and principles.

The proof was that, in the past, Aleksis fell in love and married her husband, Alaric, even though he claimed to be an ugly man whose face was disfigured from a fight. Still, Aleksis accepted him wholeheartedly, and now they had been married for 26 years, happily.

They continued drinking wine while chatting about their families and everyone's updates. The atmosphere of that night was warm and happy. After they were satisfied with the catch-up, Nicolae and his family and Lauriel returned to Nic's home.