A Sweet Temptation

"Don't you dare place that phone to my ears!" Bryce murmured heatedly but Hera laughed and placed the phone to his ears.

He took the phone, glaring at her. Maybe he must've made a terrible mistake by getting her one as a gift cause she has now decided to use it as a weapon to torment him. The little she-devil.

He cleared his throat "Good morning ma'am" he greeted formally. Hera laughed at him again before heading into the kitchen to arrange lunch and serve it for them to eat.

She was really enjoying this wasn't she? She was really enjoying the fact that she was making him uncomfortable.

"Good morning my dear, I hope you slept well?" She asked.

"Yes I did ma'am."

"Did you attend mass?" She asked and his facial features drowned drastically. He wasn't expecting that sort of question.

"No I didn't."

"I'm sorry, a lot of people attend different churches so I was thinking..."

"I don't go to church, ever" he stated vehemently and she went silent for a while.

"It's okay. Then I'd like to invite you to mine. We're having a Thanksgiving service in three weeks and I want you to come along with Hera as a guest." She asked so nicely and her voice was also as soothing as Hera's. Is that a thing that all woman possess in the convent as a gift?

"Erm...well I..."

care of her so it's my way of showing appreciation for helping her out over there. It's

it." He said in a stutter as he tried his best to salvage

Please put Hera on the

came out of the kitchen. He handed the phone over to her and she went ahead to continue

waited for her to come out of the kitchen after she

up from the couch and went into the kitchen.

"Hey..." He started.

even able to go to his mansion without thinking about it from Mars to Jupiter. "I'm almost done Bryce. Let me finish and set it up on the table." She cut him off and walked past him with the plates to serve

was done serving the food, she called out to him. He sat down opposite her while she dished out for both of them. She put some steamed beef and vegetables in a plate for King and he delved in

picked up his spoon and started eating as

he had a taste. "I know

I learnt how to cook from the sisters at the Convent. They taught me

feel better talking to them now?" He

nodded "Although I didn't get to talk to my sister but I know I'll do that some other time.i have a phone now, thanks to

for the tiniest things intrigued him. For goodness sake, it was just a phone but she made it seem like

glad then." He continued

meal when somehow the food got caught up in the wrong side of his pipe that he started couching

Hera picked up a glass of water and offered it to him. He gulped it

okay?"

"I'm fine Hera."

out to him at

table, she wiped his mouth clean. She looked like a mother tending to

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