His Only Antidote by Shirley Owen

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

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Nola waited from dusk to evening. Besides the soup in the pot, the other dishes were all cold, but Elvis hadn’t come home.

Nola stared at her phone. She thought about calling him, but considering that Elvis was running a huge group, he must really busy. She didn’t want to disturb him. There was one time that Elvis didn’t come home until midnight.

Hence, Nola didn’t dial his number in the end.

When Elvis returned, it was almost nine. Nola bounced up from the chair when she heard the door. Suddenly, she felt like a pitiful wife waiting for her long–absent husband. She shook her head, getting rid of those negative feelings, and welcomed

Elvis

“Welcome back. I told Alisa to go home early because it’s too cold now,”

“Mm!” Putting away the briefcase, Elvis suddenly recalled that Nola had texted him in the afternoon, saying she would treat him to a meal. An emergency occupied him so much that he forgot about it.

Elvis glanced at the dished placed on the table and believed he owed her an explanation.

“Sorry for being home late. It was an emergency. I should have told you. Elvis wouldn’t take his phone during meetings, so he didn’t notice the flying time.

“It’s OK. Business goes first. I’ll go heat up the dishes.”

Elvis walked to the table and believed those weren’t Alisa’s cooking. He tilted his head and looked at her. “You made all these!”

It was an embarrassing question. Nola nodded and replied, “Yeah, I’m not a good cook as Alisa, but when you said you wanted something in return, cooking was the only thing on my mind. I’ll heat them up, and you can have a taste, OK?”

“Sure!”

food after he returned home. Sometimes, he just skipped dinner and had a cup of coffee. Having someone waiting

never thought that Nola would cook for him in person. It showed how serious she was about him. And it cheered

“Have you eaten?”

the kitchen with her hair causally tied up, revealing her fair cheeks. The soft light fell on her in the pink apron. That scene was such a comfort

to get off work, and welcomed

no. I forgot about my dinner!” She smiled awkwardly and added, “It’s OK. I’m not really hungry. Yet just after she finished speaking, her tummy purred. Nola blushed, wishing

“Eat with me.”

meal. No one would know that they had only known each other for a month if they saw that

took her a

dishes, and Alisa taught me to make this soup. See if you

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felt adhered at heret the the

delicacies. His perfect manner this kingly handime

to

I should be the top mark Elvis had given to find the wreed it with satisfarinn and pleasantly eryped

with

also a businessman. And as a businessman, he had to cope with other businesmen Thun,

his stomach

eat spicy food in the past, but he seldom ate

make some changes for the sake of his health. Nola smiled when she noned that Ebris

copy and paste, but she could try to get Elvis drunk “Red wine won’t harm his body. So it will be OK.

stared at his glass, saying

a toast to you. Thank you for what you have

your gift is quite

her eyes at him. “Come on. Talking about money at this moment? Seriously?

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