Chapter 852

Franklin curved his lips and opened a box of the chicken soup on the table, as well as several other boxes that contained sweet and sour pork ribs, stewed lamb with radish, two simple vegetarian dishes, and noodles in the last box.

"I noticed you weren't back yet, so I saved some food for you," he said while waving at her.

Sylvia didn't refuse. She took off her scarf and coat before walking towards him. Franklin had prepared cutlery for her before sitting next to Sylvia. His upper body leaned slightly forward until it almost touched Sylvia's.

Sylvia gave him a sideways glance and saw that he had also picked up cutlery.

"You haven't eaten?"

"Mm-hmm." Franklin nodded his head. He didn't have an appetite when she wasn't around so he waited for her to eat together.

As they spoke, Franklin's aura enveloped them both; he was always so charming that even picking up a vegetable made it seem like it was glowing with golden light. Sylvia found herself amused by this thought.

She smiled before picking up a mushroom from the dish in front of her. "You still haven't told me who you were talking to on the phone earlier."

Her brow furrowed slightly as she probed further into his conversation earlier.

Franklin didn't try to hide his affectionate gaze towards Sylvia; amusement twinkled in his dark eyes when he replied teasingly,"Guess."

Sylvia remained unfazed by this response as she continued eating another bite of food from their shared meal.

Suddenly though, Franklin grabbed hold of Sylvia's chin firmly, while exhaling warm breaths onto her lips, causing them to tingle with anticipation.

Despite being caught off guard by this sudden action from him, she remained calm enough, not show any reaction on her face or stop chewing on a rib bone.

Unexpectedly though, just as quickly as Franklin had grabbed hold of Sylvia's chin - he lowered himself down until they were only about one centimeter apart - but then stopped abruptly without doing anything

else.

The tension between them lingered heavily in silence until finally breaking when Franklin spoke again after finishing chewing, "You really know how to ruin the mood," He chuckled lightly before adding more seriously, "But... this pork rib tastes especially delicious."

from such close proximity; feeling increasingly uncomfortable

roll her eyes as Franklin leaned in too close. "I'm starving," she pushed him

disdain that flickered in her eyes and muttered under his breath, "Is it really that hard to get close

him. "Weren't we close enough last night?"

like such a spoiled child? He was acting like an abandoned

was stealing her food!

design limited edition watch from her

carefully designed it herself just for him but pretended

saw through her facade immediately and thought she was adorable when she

watch from Sylvia's hand and held

being dramatic," Sylvia rolled her eyes but helped put on

design made it look expensive and luxurious on Franklin's

of them being a women's version with both their names engraved on its

Franklin about it yet because if he knew about both watches, he

so when she finally did something romantic or sweet, it made her feel awkward - almost like an adolescent girl experiencing first love again. Sᴇaʀᴄh

raced uncontrollably as if trying desperately not to let go of those

magnetic voice in her ear, "Honey, are you

the pair of watches

it a

at Franklin in surprise, with a hint of doubt

indulgence and

her head away from his breath.

drown people. She even dared not look into his eyes. However, Franklin grabbed Sylvia's hand tightly.

tried to pull back but couldn't muster

too much. There is

better? Do you think I'll believe that?" Franklin smiled mischievously while staring straight into Sylvia's beautiful eyes. "As your husband who is also a designer himself, I know every piece of jewelry or watch that you design. So... Designer X," he paused dramatically before continuing teasingly, "this is clearly meant to be worn by two people; where is the other female version?" Sylvia's heart skipped a beat when she realized he knew everything - all

placed it on his face while she struggled

on your mind so why can't you admit it?" His gentle gaze was captivating enough to make anyone fall

and embarrassment melted away under his

was wrong with being open about their

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