Do you like what you see?

I shook my head to snap out of this crazy thought and broke from his grip then ushered, "Food... Um... We should eat before it gets cold."

A soft chuckle left Gerard's lips as he walked to the table and sat beside me majestically like a king, no like a god.

I placed food on his plate and my movements were clumsy. My hands were shivering because I was having too many things rushing to my brain all at once.

He grabbed my wrist and I looked at him confused. "What... What are you doing?" I asked incoherently but he said nothing and just took the serving spoon from my hand.

Anastasia stumped her feet and ran upstairs while the granny followed behind rather slowly without revealing an expression.

When I noticed that they were gone, I sighed and stopped the pretence. I stood from the chair with the hope of going to my room but Gerard stopped me.

"Don't forget you said we would eat together. Are you backing out from your words or would you rather we just go to the room now instead?"

I gulped hard and sat down like the good girl I wasn't. I watched Gerard place food on my plate and I was stunned by how well he knew how to dish food. He did it like those chefs in the restaurant and I couldn't help but gawk at the food after it had been placed in front of me. I made the food but the way he served it made me feel like eating more.

"Are you just going to stare at the food or you would rather I feed you?" because I was lost looking at the food, I nodded my head without even hearing a word that came from Gerard's mouth.

"Ayla, did you even hear a word I said?" he asked staring at me sceptically. And that bold voice of his made me jerk back to the present.

"Huh? What did you say?" I tore my gaze from the food and stared at him in askance.

"Eat." was all he said before he started eating.

"Oh..." I picked up my cutlery but I didn't feel like scattering this beautiful sight in front of me so instead, I watched Gerard as he ate instead.

After a while, he stopped eating and looked at me. "Am I that handsome that you would rather watch me instead of eating?"

I scoffed and rolled my eyes. Why did he have to ruin my moment with his narcissistic words?

"Ha... You wish." I pouted and carried my cutlery and began to eat without bothering about the beautifully served food.

Gerard's lips curved upwards as he watched me eat. I was eating without any care in the would and couldn't care less if I wasn't eating like a lady. All I knew was my stomach was enjoying all the benefits.

"You should eat more often... you are very thin," he spoke as he began to eat again. I couldn't understand what part of me looked lean to him. To me, this was the best way to look any more than this would be classified as obese and why was he suddenly worried about my weight?

I shook my head not bothering to respond to his words and just continued eating.

I ate for a long time and didn't even realize that I had eaten so much. Gerard was taking his time and eating like a king while I ate like a glutton.

I watched him as he ate and didn't even know when I slept on the chair.

Gerard was eating slowly because he wanted to finish eating at the same time as Ayla but as soon as she was done eating, she didn't last two minutes before falling asleep on the chair.

His lips curved upwards seeing her like this. She looked more beautiful than the moon and that white Jade skin of hers shone like the sun. In this state, she looked so innocent and calm.

Gerard looked at his wife and found it hard to believe that he was finally married. For someone who has never been in love and enjoyed torturing people, he never believed that he would one day be responsible for a tiny beautiful girl like Ayla.

He stood from his seat and walked up to this beautiful petite girl who was sleeping like a baby.

She was already out of this world and lost in the valley of sleep. Her head moved and almost fell from the chair headrest but Gerard was quick to catch her.

He held her head up and stared at her face for a while. He studied every part of her face and realized that she was more beautiful from close.

He shook his head and lifted her in princess style then took her to the room like the perfect prince charming.

Ayla snuggled into his embrace and rubbed her face on his chest. Said something which he heard perfectly.

"Gerard, thank you."

He froze for a minute and looked at the girl in his arms. Did she just thank him or is he just too desperate to make her like him?

A slight smile appeared on his face before he walked to the room and placed her there like a good husband.

After putting Ayla to sleep, Gerard walked out of the room but was confronted by Anastasia.

She was dressed in a white reflective gown that was showing her red bikinis and her curves were perfect.

She walked up to Gerard seductively and placed her leg on a stool then lifted the gown to an unreasonable length almost revealing her inner thighs.

Gerard raised a brow at her and his eyes never tore from her face. To him, all she was doing was just like all the other girls he had dealt with. This was like making him the monster he used to be instead of seducing him.

His eyes turned red and his aura was monstrous. A smile appeared on Anastasia's face.

"You like what you see?"