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.

his attitude, a simple serving of pasta would suffice. If he wanted meat, he’d have to dream

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

on the sofa. In his hand was Shirley’s workbook, the one

darkened as he read

she adamantly refused divorce, she was

With her level of understanding–unable to even grasp basic problems–it would

looking for a successor to the Weiss

her capabilities, she was no different from a fool. Just how

that looked and smelled delicious. She placed it in front of Benjamin

cold glance at the bowl of pasta, and then looked at her. “Is this

the quickest and easiest dish to

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

because pasta is the easiest thing to make?”

“I didn’t want to keep you waiting for

his fork just as Shirley breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly

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