At the market, Diana was thrilled to see the vast selection of fresh fish and other seafood.
“What do you want?” Kyle asked politely.
“Let me see. How about prawn, squid, and crab? Fresh oysters are also great.”
While Diana was giving her suggestions, Kyle let the stallholder pack what Diana had ordered.
Diana was in a bubbly mood and looked at the seafood expectantly. The stallholder turned to Kyle and said, “Your girlfriend is very beautiful and vivacious.”
Before Diana had a chance to explain, Kyle quickly thanked the man for his kind words.
This made Diana even more surprised and confused.
Seeing Kyle was about to leave, Diana followed up quickly and said, “Kyle, we’d better explain to the guy.”
“Explain what?” Kyle asked as if he didn’t know what she meant.
Diana touched her forehead awkwardly before saying, “To explain that we’re not a couple.”
Kyle seemed unhappy, but a second later, he flashed Diana a convincing smile.
“They are just joking. Don’t take their words too seriously.”
“Oh?” Diana muttered skeptically.
“You are so sensitive, Diana.” Kyle frowned sullenly.
“I didn’t mean that. Just… it would be better for us to make things clear.”
Kyle looked at Diana’s panicked face and sighed, “It’s not a big deal. Don’t think anything of it.”
“Well…” Diana tamely agreed although she didn’t know why Kyle got angry.
They went home with the seafood, but all the while, Diana was still anxious and fearful. She could feel that Kyle was in a blue moon, but didn’t understand what was wrong.
It was a real torment for her!
Fortunately, Kyle seemed to have lightened up after they got home. He offered to wash the seafood and asked Diana’s suggestion about the cooking.
“What’s your favorite way to prepare these?”
Diana tried to read Kyle’s mind and answered him hesitantly, “I prefer the authentic, Japanese style.”
“Ok, for that, we could steam the fish in clear soup or make Sashimi?”
Diana’s worries were soon put to the back of her mind at the discussion of the food.
“I like steaming the best, let’s do it!”
A doting smile spread across Kyle’s face.
As they were preparing the dinner, there was an unexpected knock at the door.
Kyle was puzzled because few people knew of his place.
“Who is it?” he said through the door.
Antonette’s charming voice came unexpectedly from the other side, “It’s me. I just saw you two at the seafood market.”
Diana and Kyle looked at each other in speechless despair for a moment.
Finally, Kyle reluctantly opened the door.
When Antonette came into the room, she immediately covered her nose.
“It smells terrible here! Is that shrimp?”
Kyle was irked by Antonette’s behavior and presence, bluntly replying, “If you don’t like it here, you can stand outside for a while.”
Of course, Antonette would not leave so soon; her purpose had not been achieved yet, which was to figure out Bell and Kyle’s relationship.
She smiled obsequiously and apologized, “Sorry, Kyle, I didn’t mean to be rude. Please forgive me.”
Then she turned to Diana, “Diana, you know I’m allergic to fish and shrimp, that’s why I can’t tolerate the fishy smell.”
“Oh, really?” Kyle said coldly. He still refused to treat Antonette nicely, so instead walked to the kitchen to continue preparing the seafood.
Kyle’s attitude left Antonette frustrated. What was worse, Diana didn’t help her explain.
But Antonette didn’t give up, she moved to Kyle and offered to help, “Can I help you?”
Kyle replied inhospitably, “No, thanks. Leave me to do it.”
There was an uncomfortably long silence between them, but Diana came to the rescue and said, “Maybe we should stand outside for a while? We can leave this to Kyle.”
Kyle knew Diana was a good person to have in his life, but he really didn’t like people like Antonette.
It seemed for a moment that Antonette was unwilling to leave until Diana gently pulled her away to diffuse the situation.
“After the door was closed, Diana turned to her.
How did you get here, Antonette?”
Faced with Diana’s query, Antonette deduced that Diana was suspicious of her.
She tried to appear innocent and explained in a soft voice, “When I passed by the seafood market, I happened to see you and Kyle. So I followed you. Please, don’t be angry with me like Kyle.”
In truth, it was hard for Diana to believe her. However, without evidence to the contrary, she had no choice but to trust her.
“Kyle is in a bad mood today. You’d better watch your tongue,” Diana said with a sigh.
The hint of a smile appeared on Antonette’s face. A bad mood? This could be her chance!
In Antonette’s mind, it was impossible for Diana to comfort him; she didn’t know-how. Only she, Antonette, could console Kyle properly.
When they walked back into the room, all the rubbish had been cleared away, and the floors were spotless.
“Kyle, you are an excellent cleaner,” Diana noted.
“I’m a bit of a clean freak, to be honest. How about you?” Kyle asked with a smile.
“I used to think I was tidy, but compared with you, I am super messy!”
Without further reply, Kyle looked tenderly at Diana. While she was unaware of his gaze, looking down at her phone, Antonette certainly noticed and was extremely jealous.
“Kyle, Do you need any help with the cooking?” Antonette asked. Now was the time to start her flirting, she decided.
A slight frown showed on Kyle’s face.
“You are a guest. How could we let you help?”
Then he said to Diana, “Could you help me, Diana? You can practice your cooking skills.”
Diana was more than willing to accept his request and rushed over to stand by his side.