They walked up in line and ordered the Beijing Beef and the Sweetfire Chicken to split, along with rice and their fortune cookies. Taking a seat, Stephen watched as Grace used her fork to take a piece of the chicken.Her eyes closed almost immediately, savoring the flavor of the bite, "Ohh, Stephen, that"s so good!"
"It"s one of my favorites here. I get it every time!"
"Let me try the beef next," she said, stabbing a piece of the other entree. "Oh my," she said, giving a little moan. "I think I may like that one just as much!"
"You really were made to suit me, especially if you like my two favorite options at Panda Express," he laughed.
"Of course I was," she beamed with a smile. "It all comes with the territory of loving you," she bit into another piece of chicken forcefully as if to emphasize her point.
Stephen smiled while watching her and then toyed her words over in his head little by little. Grace had already told him several times that she loved him. It wasn"t hard to tell that she meant it, especially by the look in her eyes whenever they were intimate. He was even sure himself that he was falling in love with her. After all, what wasn"t there to love about Grace?
Yet one thing did trouble him slightly, especially when he really thought it. Stephen was falling in love with Grace of his own free will. Could she exactly say the same? Did she love him because the magic compelled her to? Does she have no other option? Is it the genie part of Grace that loves him, or is it the "Grace" part of her that loves him? He was beginning to make the distinction between Grace the genie and Grace the woman.
Did she? Was she able to make the same distinction?
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Or was it only Grace the genie that loved him? Because she was compelled to due to her status as a genie companion, with no free will involved. If that was the case, it was troubling for him. He didn"t want someone to have to be forced to be with him. Even though up until Grace showed up he had never had much luck with the opposite s.e.x, he wanted to be with someone who truly, genuinely wanted to be with him. The thought of having Grace as little more than a slave for the rest of his life was a little distasteful. But how could he broach the subject with her?