Chapter 158
\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 158<\/p>\n
Humph. I ignore him.<\/p>\n
When I cool down, I realize that all that just happened were like what a couple does.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know when I started to have feelings for this man. It was supposed to be a transactional relationship without feelings but I started to fall too deep into it.<\/p>\n
If I don\u2019t sort out these feelings, I will definitely be bitterly hurt in the end.<\/p>\n
Because Frances will still be heartless even if I give my heart to him.<\/p>\n
Frances takes the groceries to the kitchen.<\/p>\n
Since it is an open kitchen, I can see his every movement from where I sit.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s rare to find a man who looks so dashing even when he is cooking.<\/p>\n
Frances places his cell phone on one side and looks at it repeatedly. I\u2019m thinking that he must have found a recipe and is following its steps.<\/p>\n
His actions are elegant and mesmerizing. Everything that he does is methodical and looks very professional.<\/p>\n
If it wasn\u2019t for the witches\u2019 brew that traumatized me, I will take him as a legit chef.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re looking at me?\u201d<\/p>\n
He suddenly looks up, which startles me, as I am observing Frances cut the vegetables.<\/p>\n
The heartbeat is intense but outwardly I maintain a devil may care attitude and say, \u201cCan\u2019t I look at how a witches\u2019 brew is been made?\u201d<\/p>\n
Frances looks at me but isn\u2019t angry and continues with the preparation.<\/p>\n
The preparation is complete and he turns around to cook.<\/p>\n
The aroma rises from the pan and engulfs the entire house.<\/p>\n
It smells rather good.<\/p>\n
I rub my rumbling stomach and feel rather hungry.<\/p>\n
Frances finishes cooking in no time and starts to serve the dishes.<\/p>\n
Sweet and sour fish, stew ribs, stir-fried spinach, and vegetable soup. It looks very appetizing and smells marvelous.<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t as bad as I thought.<\/p>\n
I pick up the chopsticks and taste the stew ribs and it is delicious!<\/p>\n
I look at Frances in surprise and sees him grin at me cheekily.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s easy to cook.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says nonchalantly and successfully makes up for the porridge incident.<\/p>\n
Only when he realizes that it was me did his glare soften.<\/p>\n
\u201cSleep if you are tired. You can always do it tomorrow.\u201d I say softly.<\/p>\n
He looks at me, sits up, and starts to look at the data on the computer.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo ahead and sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n
I know that Frances will not listen to what I say and proceed upstairs.<\/p>\n
I take a shower and then go to bed early.<\/p>\n
When I wake up early the next day, Frances is no longer downstairs. I look in his room and he isn\u2019t there as well.<\/p>\n
This place is rather far from his company. It\u2019s a good thing that I don\u2019t have to work and don\u2019t have to worry about being late.<\/p>\n
It is too boring without anything to do. I return to the bedroom to draw but my mind was blank.<\/p>\n
Perhaps my previous plagiarisms affected me too much. Now my mind is blank without a trace of inspiration.<\/p>\n
Whitney calls.<\/p>\n
I look at the vibrating phone not knowing if I should answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-182","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}