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!”

have Alisa prepare some food after he returned home. Sometimes, he just skipped dinner and had a cup of coffee. Having someone

thought that Nola would cook for him in person. It showed how serious she was about

“Have you eaten?”

up, revealing her fair cheeks. The

waited for me to get off work, and welcomed me when I returned. This feels… nice,” Elvis

She smiled awkwardly and added, “It’s OK. I’m not really hungry. Yet just

“Eat with me.”

meal. No one would know that they had

something. After all, it took her a lot of effort to cook the

dishes, and Alisa taught me to

Chapter 24

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sake of his health. Nola smiled when she noned that Ebris was enjoying her food. She then started

but she could try to get Elvis drunk “Red wine won’t harm his body. So it will be OK. 1 suppose,” she

stared at

Here, a toast to you. Thank

your gift is

on. Talking about money at this moment?

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