The steaks

"Oh, that." He sighed and remained silent for a moment before laughing again. This time, she got to see it and not simply hear it. She saw the way his eyes brightened and his lips curved, the subtle vibration of his chest too.

". . ." The cold appearance she wore in front of him was a mask to hide the true feeling she had about his laughter.

"You can't imagine how excited I was to find out that the simple guess I had about the cake was real. I cannot imagine that you were eating it when I called. It is just so funny."

In truth, she could not find anything funny about what he was saying to her. This was the first it felt good to be laughed at by someone.

She was not well taken care of after her mother disappeared when she was only a teenager and so she was the messiest in the class-leading to a lot of mockeries until she found an escape that was as good as bondage.

It was depressing to her then as someone who had always been well dressed and pretty in the school she attended before her mother left them.

She was a pampered child who was always loved and she could not take such a sudden turn from the past life of joy and satisfaction she had to such miserable life.

She had to do two part-time jobs after school to take care of herself. Those were really painful memories that she tries not to remember but he reminded her of only shortly of her she hated being laughed at even until this day.

However, there was something about his laughter that took her breath away. Her face heated up not because of shame or anger but the shyness his gaze made her feel.

He laughed and mocked her when he was the reason she almost choked or more like his call was the reason she almost choked on the cake he sent to her and he was laughing, yet she felt no anger.

"You must have looked like this when I laughed, right?" he asked when he noticed her blush. "That is a good reaction for a simple assumption I had."

She hated the fact that he pointed out what she was silently praying he does not notice with his intense gaze on her.

She watched him nod in satisfaction and she feared that she might use the knife he laid on the table for her to slice the steak to stab him in the gut.

She would never escape the wrath of his family even with the number of people she had backing her up so she decided to escape for the moment.

"Get changed and come back as fast as you can," he ordered her as she walked into her room.

His words had her closing the door with a bang. She really could not picture the coldly detached gentleman in her office as the shameless man making a joke of everything and shamelessly trying to get what he wants from her by going out of his way to such an extent.

She knew people liked sex although she was not sure if she liked it or not but she did not know the desire to have sex with a woman could make a man change so much.

Perhaps it was his desperation. The fact that he had not felt aroused by another woman and got aroused by her as he claimed?

She was not sure what it all meant and she concluded that she will wait and watch patiently to see where this was leading them to.

She showered and returned to the living room dressed in a sleeveless cashmere sweater gown and sat before the food she was sure he served for her as he was sitting before another.

"You do not have to bother to prepare food for me again," she told him seriously as she was not sure if she should be letting the great Lu Tian cook for her. If it came with a prize, it might be too high for her to pay.

"I did it because they said food is the way to a man's heart and I felt it might be a way to a woman's heart too. am I wrong?" he asked so innocently yet she could see the dare in his eyes daring her to tell him she was wrong.

It was best to lose such suicidal dares as she shook her and picked up her cutlery. He was still the overbearing man everyone including her knew him to be. He was simply wearing this mask for her.

How many women would have taken up the suicidal mission to be in the position she was to get such care and attention from a man who seemed so distant from them like an angel or a good, not an earthly being?

They were many just within his company not to talk of within the country. Who would not want a handsome, rich man who was nice enough to change for the woman he loved?

Many women have lived with men whom they prayed daily for a change in their lives and those men would never change even if those women set themselves ablaze.

I guess you could say she was simply ungrateful, right?

If you think so, you are not the only person with such thoughts. Lu Tian was trying to hold back a glare as he looked at her. she knew how to make his effort seem so fruitless.

He took his time to prepare this for her and she was complaining. He saw it as a complaint. He wanted to scold her so badly but he only opened his mouth to eat the slice of steak on his fork.

"What do you think?" he asked her when she took the first piece of her steak.

She was shocked by his question. Was he seeking her approval? She simply nodded and gave him a thumbs up while wearing a blank look as she held back a moan of bliss to appreciate the taste of the steak. It was a five-star steak. She could not believe he made it himself.

"I cook for myself a little so I asked a chef to assist me."