A deal with the devil

Chapter 12

Just as Shirley was about to step into the kitchen, she suddenly turned back and looked at Benjamin. “Didn’t I just bring you dinner earlier?”

Denjamin didn’t answer, only meeting her gaze with his deep, dark eyes.

After a few seconds of staring at each other, she gave up. “What do you want to eat?”

“Amthing,” he replied

Shirley was speechless.

Anything? Fine, she would make him some plain pasta!

She tied on an apron and stepped into the kitchen. Recalling the moment when Benjamin’s hand touched her back earlier, a ridiculous thought crossed her mind. Was he about to pick her up from the floor?

But the more she thought about it, the more she dismissed it as wishful thinking. With how Benjamin had treated her that evening, there was no way he’d do something so caning.

He must have just intended to wake her up so she could work herself to the bone for him.

attitude, a simple serving of pasta would suffice.

some water into a pot to boil and grabbed a pack of pasta. As the water heated, she added some salt, then opened the fridge and pulled out some herbs. After washing the herbs, the water still hadn’t boiled. She glanced at the fridge again. Alright, maybe she’d add a little bacon. After all, if she really angered him, it would only

on the sofa. In his hand was Shirley’s workbook, the one she had been drooling

darkened as he read

divorce, she was secretly

basic problems–it would be delusional for her to take over Weiss

Owen had started looking for a successor to the

she was no different from a fool. Just how did she even graduate from

with a plate of pasta that looked and smelled delicious. She placed it in front of Benjamin “The pasta is ready.”

pasta, and then looked at

Pasta was the quickest and easiest dish to prepare.

Cleverly, she pointed to the clock. “It’s so late. Something light is better for your health.”

her immediately. “Or is it because pasta is the easiest thing to make?”

speechless by his question, she forced a smile. “I didn’t want to keep you waiting

stopped questioning her and picked up his fork just as Shirley breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly looked up and said, “Shirley,