He likes me

While walking back towards Aleksander's home, I was dumbfounded to see a black SUV already parked in the front. Antonio was earlier than expected. "Rhea", He jumped from the car. "Had I known you weren't here, I could have picked you somewhere else", He spoke quickly. "It's okay, Antonio. I just had a quick errand to run but l'm ready to go now. I assume Aleksander told you where to take me", My smile was forced all because of the thought of shopping in the city. "He gave me a list of stores that would have something appropriate for the Gala. But if there's somewhere else you would like to go, we can make a detour", I was staring at him as he spoke. He had a smile as he told me everything. His smiles were always so genuine and warm. You could tell that he really enjoyed working for Aleksander and the job he did.  "Nothing comes to mind. Let's just get this list out of the way. All I know is Aleksander requested me to wear blue", I smiled at the end before I got into the car. Within min