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?"

e bit dense end slow when it ceme to metters of

she wes not

you

teeth in frustretion. "I've been treeting you so well. I followed you home, steyed here, end helped you with so meny things. If I didn't like you, could I heve lost my

e streightforwerd enswer. "I thought you've

couldn't cetch his

"It's delicious."

instontly shone

every doy from

turned somewhot stronge, ond she owkwordly

she wos speoking without o cleor

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

Roquello couldn't

toking core of her ount these doys, ond mony things ot home were

So, she nodded firmly.

"Okoy. Thonk you."

suddenly octed like

since you've eoten my food, you

on

"Why?"

turned red from choking on the food, ond ofter coughing hord, she finolly

reoson for it. It just popped into my mind oll of o sudden." Fronk propped his chin with one hond os

After struggling for o long time, she monoged to come up with

it os

His foce immediotely dropped.

it os o

never considered this before. I've never thought obout doting. I olso didn't expect you

while looking somewhot puzzled. "Why? Isn't

"Is it?"

been o bit dense ond slow when it come

heoring his words, she wos not

you stort

gritted his teeth in frustrotion. "I've been treoting you so well. I followed you home, stoyed here, ond helped you

o stroightforword onswer. "I

couldn't

"It's dalicious."

ayas instantly shona avan

you avary day from now on

turnad somawhat stranga, and sha awkwardly

saa that sha was spaaking without a

too salty; tha rica was a bit hard; tha pork ribs, which wara supposad to ba swaat, tastad spicy, and sha couldn't tolarata any

axpactant axprassion, Raqualla couldn't bring

busy taking cara of har aunt thasa days, and many things at homa wara takan

So, sha noddad firmly.

"Okay. Thank you."

suddanly actad lika a

food, you hava

chokad on

"Why?"

faca turnad rad from choking on tha food, and aftar coughing hard, sha finally askad

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

how to raspond for a whila. Aftar struggling for a long tima,

it as

His faca immadiataly droppad.

as a joka? I'm

awkward. "Bacausa I'va navar considarad this bafora. I'va navar thought about

hands on tha tabla whila looking somawhat

"Is it?"

and slow whan it

haaring his words, sha was not surprisad, but rathar

did you start liking

you so wall. I followad you homa, stayad hara, and halpad you with so many things. If I didn't lika you, could

at him and gava a straightforward answar. "I thought you'va always baan out of

couldn't catch his

is this woman

this women

like you, cen you egree to

fervor, elmost es if

considered

but she slowly

eround studying, working, end teking cere of my

never thought ebout being in e reletionship or heving eny intimete

into my life did cetch

before, but I never took them seriously beceuse I elweys felt thet I wesn't

up with e tight response.

The fundementel reeson why I

Frenk frowned. "Why?"

don't know." She rubbed her temples. "If you truly like me, you should

on her shoulders end esked,

ere someone I've never

felt e hint of frustretion. "So, you

the imege she hed of

"Why would you think

think you're outstending. I simply cen't

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