When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

Chapter 318

Chapter 318 Willingly Become Her Puppet

"Can you cook?" Amelie quickly followed Leo into the kitchen.

When she was in the Alston Residence, she had never seen him enter the kitchen, so she was very doubtful about his cooking skills.

Leo had already taken off his coat, and he was lowering his head as he undid the buttons on his sleeves. His slender fingers leisurely rolled his sleeves upward, exposing his muscular arms.

"I can learn," he declared indifferently as he looked up at her. "You can teach me."

He said it like it was the most natural thing in the world, so Amelie almost laughed out loud.

Leo's gaze was insistent, and there was a sense of bewitchment in it as well. Amelie didn't dare meet his gaze as she sighed in exasperation. "Just let me do it."

Instead of teaching him, it would be far quicker for her to do the cooking.

With that, she took the apron to put it on. Before she could wear it, however, the man snatched the apron and put it on himself.

"Bria wants to eat the food I made," he said matter-of-factly.

Amelie was speechless.

"I heard you're very nice to Bria, and you won't decline anything she asked with good reason. Therefore, it should be a reasonable request if she wants to eat what her father made."

Amelie was about to say something when Bria's voice sounded, saying, "Dada, I want to eat the beef stew! Don't forget the potatoes! Oh, and I want a poke bowl too, the sort with chopped carrots, tomatoes, shrimp, beans, and sausages!"

Bria's words perfectly supported Leo's, and Amelie could only compromise.

Leo nodded in response, then opened the fridge after tying the apron around him. He skillfully retrieved all the ingredients Bria listed, then placed them on the counter.

"You have to wash the beef and cut it into chunks." Bria continued her remote commands.

She knew that Leo didn't know how to cook, so after searching her memories, she provided him with Steven's easiest recipes.

Leo swiftly unwrapped the beef, then placed it under running water to wash it.

He fetched the chopping board and a kitchen knife, then washed them as well. Then, he placed the beef on the chopping board and began slicing it.


Seeing how smooth his actions were, Amelie decided she had no reason to stay in the same room as him, so she turned around to walk outside.

Clack!

With a sudden noise, the knife flew out of control and clattered onto the chopping board.

Startled, Amelie turned to look at Leo.

Leo put on an innocent expression. "The beef was being stubborn. It's too slippery."

With that, he pointed at the beef he had sliced off a little. The portion was irregularly sliced, and it was far from the small chunks Bria wanted.

If this went on, either beef chunks or human fingers would end up in the pot. Therefore, Amelie had no choice but to walk back in. Leo had already picked up the knife. "Teach me. At least Bria will feel like I made this."

He didn't seem to mind the embarrassment. With that, he pointed at the back of his hand, as if asking Amelie to take his hand and guide him.

Amelie was out of options, so she could only extend her hand, circling around his back and gripping his knife-wielding hand with great effort. Her other hand pressed his large palm on the beef. "Keep close to the meat, angle the knife a little, and cut down little by little."

Even though Leo was slim, he still had a man's figure, so Amelie's arms couldn't quite wrap around him.

She painstakingly poked her head out to make sure that she could see the beef and her own hands. It was terribly awkward.

If she knew this would happen, she would've bought an automatic cooking machine.

Amelie had wanted to do this a long time ago, but Steven said that cooking machines lacked that human touch, so he disagreed insistently.

Moreover, he wasn't working anymore, so the only joy in his life right now was to prepare good food for them.

Amelie didn't want to rob him of his joy, so that was how things turned out like this.

Leo allowed her control of his hands as they sliced the meat bit by bit.

The woman's soft body was leaning against his back, and her gentle and clear voice was ringing right in his ears. It was simply too alluring.

Because they were sticking so closely together, he could feel on his back her heart pulsating through her chest. Every heartbeat from her struck his own heart.

His heart began beating along with this rhythm, and he was so captivated by her that he could barely regain his sense of self.

Still, he pretended to be serious as he allowed her full control, just like a puppet in her hands. However, his body was getting warmer as time ticked by.

Of course, Amelie couldn't help but feel his rising temperature and hear his steady heartbeats ringing in her ears.

Even though she was just sticking to his back, she could hear it clearly. Every beat of his heart was strong and domineering as if threatening to traverse across their bodies into her insides.

She suddenly realized that the man wasn't even looking at the meat. Throughout the entire process, he had his head tilted so that he could see her face.

Amelie was speechless. She immediately let go and said, "Try it yourself!"

Leo noticed her panicked behavior and curved his lips, then lowered his head and began cutting.

His actions weren't too slow, and he cut the meat into more even chunks than when she had held his hands. As Amelie watched the pieces of beef falling down, she suddenly felt like she had fallen into a trap.

He probably knew his way around kitchen knives.

"Having a smart teacher makes all the difference. Look, the student is mastering the skill with just a few words from the teacher. Of course, the student takes some credit as well." Leo feigned nonchalance as he spoke, easily covering up the fact that he knew how to cut and slice ingredients.

After that, Amelie never got close to him again. Leo didn't find any excuses for her to help him, either.

She was so resentful of him that he dared not force her too much in case she ran away.

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