The CEO Gets What He Wants

“I... I don't really know how to...”

Avery fumbled with the metal buckle on the belt, looking all flustered.

She wanted to figure out how to buckle the belt, but...

When she stared at his body, she could not help but remember what was underneath his sleeping robe last night. She was blushing so much that her face was as red as a tomato.

With dry lips, she said, “I don't really know how to do this.”

Then, she gave up and escaped to the kitchen.

Standing in the kitchen, she pressed her back against the cold wall of the kitchen, as if it could relieve her from the burning sensation on her cheeks.

Avery was furious at herself for being so useless. After looking at a handsome man for so long, she should have become immune to him. However, she would still blush and her heart would pound rapidly whenever she saw Cayden's body. It was as if she had been bewitched.

Cayden looked at his unbuckled belt. However, instead of being angry, he was quite happy.

Does this mean that Avery doesn't have any experience in dressing men? Perhaps, she has only helped me buckle my belt.

Cayden went to the kitchen and stood in front of her.

Avery raised her head and glanced at his eyes briefly before instinctively lowering her head. She did not dare to look at him.

Cayden did not know how shy a woman could possibly be. Perhaps, men and women were the same—regardless of how unrestrained he was at night, he would still keep himself in check in the morning.

Sincerely, Cayden looked at her and said, “I'm sorry about last night. I thought you were giving me a hint when you stayed back.”

Cayden's voice was exceptionally deep and his words made her feel embarrassed.

Avery was only twenty-four years old and was quite young too. Among her other classmates, women her age were still being pampered at home.

When she had free time during her studies, she would surf the web too. There were discussions about how some men's voices were so nice that they could melt women.

Avery thought that Cayden's voice had achieved that effect.

In fact, she had thought about what he said for some time too. Thinking that she should clarify things, she raised her head and looked at him. “It's my fault for making you have those thoughts. I- I didn't stay behind last night as a hint for you to...”

She chose to sleep on his bed because she thought that Cayden was going to sleep on Rory's bed.

They heard the clanking of cutlery in the dining room.

The two kids sat down and started eating breakfast.

“I understand. Let's go and eat now.” Cayden did not say anything else. Looking at her seriously, he walked out of the kitchen first.

Avery followed him out too.

There were a few pieces of toast placed in front of Cayden on the dining table. There was also a cup of hot coffee and a newspaper.

“Ms. Ery, my shoes are spoilt...” Rory raised her head. One of her eyes was bandaged, while the other was wide open.

She looked hilarious yet pitiful.

Zachary said, “Ask Ms. Ery to take you to buy some new shoes, okay? Daddy's too busy. He needs to go to work.”

When Avery heard what he said, she nodded. “Okay, I'll take you there.”

Zachary happily took a huge bite of his three slices of bread. While he ate, he even told Avery how busy Cayden was.

In the past, their great-grandpa would be the one taking him and Rory to buy shoes. However, he always chose designs that were old-fashioned. In fact, he specifically chose shoes that were brown—as if they could go straight into war after wearing those.

Sometimes, their grandma would take them too. However, she was very busy and kept having to receive calls. As a result, she would lose them when she was on the calls.

After that, their housekeeper and driver would accompany them to buy shoes.

It was quite a decent arrangement. Their housekeeper and driver never cared about what kinds of clothes or shoes they bought, so they could choose whatever they liked.

However, they were not happy with that after some time.

Other children had their parents take them out to do shopping

When Avery heard the kids complain, her heart ached. Sitting on the other side of the table, she could not help but glance at Cayden, who was silent all along.

Is this how he's been acting as their father for the past five years?

Strictly speaking, he had not done a good job then.

However, rationality returned to Avery and she thought, Cayden has always been so cold. His children are probably tools for him to squeeze benefits from his family.

Since he had merely used the children to fight for power, he probably did not have a strong bond with them.

It was not a surprise that a father like him did not have the time and effort to keep his kids company.

On the other end of the table, Cayden continued reading the newspapers attentively and taking a sip of his coffee occasionally. When he heard Avery's conversation with the kids, he stood up and said, “Let's watch this play after shopping.”

Avery and the kids stared at him at the same time.

However, he put down his newspapers, got up, and left the dining room.

When he placed the newspapers down, his fingers had evidently jabbed at a section of the page. There was an advertisement about a particular play that was happening in Ackleton in the afternoon.

“Yay! I really want to watch this play!” When Zachary saw the title of the play, he expressed his eagerness to go and watch it.