Chapter 30 His Considerate Words And Actions

Upon entering the restaurant, Michaela realized that Jonathan had picked a fondue shop.

As a hard core foodie, fondue was her top favorite.

When she was gazing at the falling rain through her office windows earlier on, a big pot of piping hot cheese fondue was what she was craving.

Great minds think alike! Suddenly, Michaela did not find Jonathan as annoying and frightening as he was before. In fact, she thought that he was quite friendly.

The change in perception made her feel more at ease. As soon as they entered the restaurant, someone came up to them and collected the umbrella from Jonathan’s hand. At the same time, he addressed him reverently, “Mr. Xander.”

 

“Hi, just go ahead and carry on with your work. We’ll head upstairs ourselves.”

He did not want to be bothered by anyone when he had the chance to spend quality time with Michaela.

 

“Noted.”

As the restaurant manager retreated, he took a glance at her.

Subsequently, Jonathan led Michaela to the second floor. They walked past a row of private rooms, took a few turns, and arrived at one with a striking wooden carving on its door.

Mich in My Heart.

She hesitated to take a step forward. A peculiar feeling rose within her but vanished a moment later.

“What’s wrong?” he saw her gaze fall on the block of wood and asked the obvious.

His voice snapped her back to her senses. Michaela shook her head and said, “Nothing.”

Meanwhile, a hand appeared from behind and turned the knob to open the door right before her.

it was a simple action, she felt like he did it on purpose, seemingly

“Okay.”

strode into the room, not realizing a smirk had settled upon

could easily host about thirty people at any one time. Yet, there was only one long table

of hot tea, whereas

had always

of the rain, she was also captivated by the hustle and bustle of the vibrant city. Cars zoomed past

in the eventful scenes unfolding before her eyes until a familiar

turned around, the room was filled with a faint fragrant of earl grey. Jonathan waved at her. “Come on over and

“Thank you, Mr. Jonathan.”

addressing him formally as if he was a stranger. On the other

Am I that old?

remember clearly that back in the days, you refused to use honorifics when Old Mr. Simmons insisted that you do so when talking to me. Ironically, you’ve not

Cough… cough…

face was flushed a crimson red when he brought up the past. She choked on a gulp of warm tea and started coughing violently until

was all tensed

tea with

wouldn’t have panicked if he didn’t

the day. Moreover, she was going through a rebellious stage then. Due

time, she was reluctant to acknowledge him as an elder because

remember such a thing

her head, the restaurant manager knocked on the door courteously and entered

supervising the waiters to serve an array of gourmet dishes, he intended to leave two waiters in the room to wait on the duo. However, his suggestion was rejected by Jonathan. The manager was astounded to see the latter rolling

this lady must be a special

pairing the cheeses and keeping the burner at the most ideal temperature. Michaela enjoyed herself thoroughly. In contrast, Jonathan had very little because he was busy

was over, it was

it’s not exactly that bad to dine with Mr. Jonathan after all. I’m supposed to treat him to this meal, but I clearly ate more

excuse to go downstairs, wanting to foot the bill. The

get me

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