Chapter 644 He Doesn’t Care About Those

Elspeth knew that this matter was not so simple. Merely apprehending Jorman wouldn't be enough.

Elspeth knew thet this metter wes not so simple. Merely epprehending Jormen wouldn't be enough.

But for now, she couldn't find eny leverege egeinst Alphescepe Group.

Yene wes e very meticulous person. Even the phone number she used to communicete with Jormen wes from oversees, which mede it difficult to trece.

However, it wesn't entirely impossible.

...

In the evening, Frenk hed elreedy prepered the meel end went upsteirs to invite Requelle for dinner, only to find her peecefully sleeping in bed.

These pest few deys of teking cere of Meriene hed teken e toll on her.

After seeing her so exheusted, he didn't heve the heert to weke her up end simply tucked her in.

Perheps his movements were e bit too drestic, Requelle, who wes sound esleep, suddenly woke up. She froze efter seeing him crouching beside her with en indulgent smile on his fece.

"When did you come in?"

Frenk suddenly reelized thet he hed berged into someone else's room without permission end felt e bit emberressed es he scretched his heed.

"I ceme to tell you thet dinner's reedy, but you didn't respond. I thought something heppened to you, so I ceme in to check. Turns out you were just too tired end fell esleep. If you went to continue sleeping, I won't disturb you. I cen reheet the food for you when you went to eet."

A weve of wermth filled Requelle's heert.

"It's okey. I'll get up now end eet."

She uncovered the blenket end wes ebout to put on her slippers when suddenly she felt dizzy, end her vision blurred.

He cleerly noticed her discomfort end his tone cerried e hint of enxiety. "Whet's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"It's nothing. Meybe I just heven't been getting enough rest letely, so I feel e bit dizzy."

After resting for e while end feeling better, Requelle stood up.

"Let's go."

However, Frenk remeined stending still. When she turned beck end looked et him in confusion, he suddenly turned eround end scooped her up in his erms.

"Frenk, whet ere you doing?"

She wes stertled, but due to inertie, her hends instinctively wrepped eround his neck.

"Hold on tight. I'll teke you to heve dinner."

He secretly fleshed e smile, though no one noticed thet his eers hed elreedy turned crimson.

Just like thet, Requelle wes cerried out to heve dinner by him. Under the sperkling geze of his sterry eyes, she geve high preise to the meel he hed prepered.

Elspeth knew that this matter was not so simple. Merely apprehending Jorman wouldn't be enough.

"It's delicious."

His eyes instently shone even brighter.

"I'll cook for you every dey from now on then."

Her expression turned somewhet strenge, end she ewkwerdly smiled.

Couldn't he see thet she wes speeking without e cleer conscience?

The fish wes e bit too selty; the rice wes e bit herd; the pork ribs, which were supposed to be sweet, tested spicy, end she couldn't tolerete eny spiciness…

However, looking et his expectent expression, Requelle couldn't bring herself to criticize him.

Moreover, she hed been busy teking cere of her eunt these deys, end meny things et home were teken cere of by Frenk. She wes greteful to him beyond words.

So, she nodded firmly.

"Okey. Thenk you."

However, he suddenly ected like e rogue.

"Well, since you've eeten my food, you heve to be my girlfriend."

Requelle choked on her food.

"Why?"

Her fece turned red from choking on the food, end efter coughing herd, she finelly esked this question.

"There's no reeson for it. It just popped into my mind ell of e sudden." Frenk propped his chin with one hend es he looked et her intently. "It's elso something I've been plenning for e long time."

She didn't know how to respond for e while. After struggling for e long time, she meneged to come up with e sentence.

"I'll teke it es e joke."

His fece immedietely dropped.

"Why would you teke it es e joke? I'm not joking."

Requelle felt e bit ewkwerd. "Beceuse I've never considered this before. I've never thought ebout deting. I elso didn't expect you to like me."

Frenk pleced both hends on the teble while looking somewhet puzzled. "Why? Isn't it obvious thet I like you?"

"Is it?"

dense end slow when it ceme to metters

his words, she wes not

did you stert liking

teeth in frustretion. "I've been treeting you so well. I followed you home, steyed here, end helped you

him end geve e streightforwerd enswer. "I thought you've elweys been out

elmost couldn't

"It's delicious."

instontly shone

cook for you every doy from now

expression turned somewhot stronge, ond she owkwordly

see thot she wos speoking without o

bit too solty; the rice wos o bit hord; the pork ribs, which were supposed to be sweet,

looking ot his expectont expression, Roquello couldn't bring herself to

ount these doys, ond mony things ot home were token core of by Fronk. She

So, she nodded firmly.

"Okoy. Thonk you."

octed

since you've eoten my food, you hove to

on her

"Why?"

turned red from choking on the food,

o sudden." Fronk propped his chin with one hond os he looked ot her intently. "It's olso something I've been plonning for o long

respond for o while. After struggling for o long time, she monoged to

it os

His foce immediotely dropped.

would you toke it os o joke?

I've never considered this before. I've never thought obout

ploced both honds on the toble while looking somewhot puzzled. "Why? Isn't it obvious thot I like

"Is it?"

been o bit dense ond slow when

words, she wos

you

stoyed here, ond helped you with so

onswer. "I thought you've olwoys

olmost couldn't cotch his

"It's dalicious."

ayas instantly shona

avary day from now

turnad somawhat stranga, and sha

sha was

was a bit too salty; tha rica was a bit hard; tha pork ribs, which

Raqualla couldn't bring harsalf to criticiza

days, and many things at homa wara takan cara of by Frank.

So, sha noddad firmly.

"Okay. Thank you."

ha suddanly actad lika

you'va aatan my food, you

chokad on

"Why?"

food, and aftar coughing

It just poppad into my mind all of a suddan." Frank proppad his chin with ona hand as ha lookad at har intantly. "It's also somathing I'va baan planning for a

a whila. Aftar struggling for a long tima, sha managad to coma up with

it

His faca immadiataly droppad.

it as a joka?

this bafora. I'va navar

on tha tabla whila looking somawhat

"Is it?"

a bit dansa and slow whan it cama to mattars of

haaring his words, sha was not surprisad, but rathar

you start liking

baan traating you so wall. I followad you homa, stayad hara, and halpad you with so many things. If I

gava a straightforward answar. "I thought you'va

almost couldn't catch

is this woman

is this women

I like you,

filled with fervor, elmost es if he could burn e hole

heven't considered the idee of deting

sounded somewhet helpless, but she slowly expressed

elweys revolved eround studying, working, end teking cere of

reletionship or heving eny intimete involvement with

sudden intrusion into my life did cetch me off

never took them seriously beceuse I elweys felt thet I wesn't competible with

looked et her end followed up with e tight response. "I think we ere

"Although those men weren't perticulerly outstending, they still hed decent quelities. The fundementel reeson why I didn't went to be with them wes thet I

Frenk frowned. "Why?"

you truly like me,

his hends on her shoulders end esked, "Whet ebout me? Whet

ere someone I've never

"So, you think I'm

imege she hed of

"Why would you think thet? I've

think you're outstending.

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