After she finished saying, she turned to dish a bowl of noodles for herself.
Although it was a large pot, she didn’t dare to dish too much. She was worried that he would be upset. She used a small bowl to dish some and took a pair of chopsticks and sat opposite Ewan. She lowered her head and started eating.
The noodles were delicious and his culinary skills were amazing.
Her eyes began to tear up as she ate.
Her throat felt constricted as she ate and her eyes were welling up with tears. She felt like crying because ten years ago Ewan’s hands wouldn’t be soiled as he was the most cherished son.
His days in the military must have been very difficult, tiring, and dangerous.
She took a deep breath, lowered her head, and used her hair to conceal her attempts to wipe her tears.
As she raised her head, she realized Ewan had already placed his chopsticks down. The noodles in his bowl were practically untouched. Only the fried egg was bitten in half.
She looked into Ewan’s eyes.
He sat silently looking at her as well.
This made her feel uneasy. She cleared her throat and said shakily, “Ewan, why aren’t you eating?”
Ewan looked strangely at her unlike his usual coldness and said with an upset tone, “On a diet.”
Rachel was stunned. Was this a joke? He was full of muscles. How was it possible that he had any unwanted fat on him?
She was extremely curious although she had never seen it.
“Since you’re on a diet, why did you cook night snack?”
“Was hungry.”
Ewan pushed back his chair and left the kitchen.
As she looked at the back view of the man leaving, Rachel’s heart started to stir. It was like throwing a rock into a pool of water which had been stagnant for a decade. Her awakened feelings rippled throughout her.
She looked at the chopping block and saw the freshly chopped green onion. Was it coincidental that he had forgotten to put them in or did he remember that she doesn’t like to eat chopped green onion?
She never thought that she had the intelligence to understand him.
But this was such an obvious expression by Ewan, how could she not realize its significance?
She simply doesn’t understand what this man was thinking.
…
The next morning.
Dark circles were under Rachel’s eyes because she ate too much the night before and didn’t sleep well.
But she had no choice. She still had to tail Andrew today.
After she washed up, Rachel chose a simple light grey jacket and a pair of black trousers. Due to her black circles, she did elaborate makeup and tied a ponytail.
She looked at herself in the mirror and imagined herself as a female special operative hunting down spies. She was very satisfied with herself and left with her backpack.
The servants were busy in the living room and the rest of the family were still asleep.
As soon as she went downstairs, caretaker Kate smiled at her and asked, “Ms. Rachel, would you like some breakfast?”
“No.” She wants to make sure that she arrived at Andrew’s apartment complex before he left for the day.
Kate said out of concern, “You shouldn’t skip breakfast. Don’t think that you can get away with it because you are young. Once you age, you…”
“I’ll eat, I’ll eat…” Rachel raised her hands in defeat. She doesn’t want to disappoint those who were genuinely concerned for her. She will accept those who were sincere towards her.
She cannot help but walked towards the dining table only to see an extensive spread of cakes, buns, porridge, wholewheat bread, and others.
She took a bun and stuffed it into her mouth. She took another bun with the other hand. She turned and saw that Kate was smiling sweetly.
Kate started to laugh and said, “My lady, you have such an elegant image, but now you are eating a bun as you walk, this…”
“It’s alright so long as I fill my stomach. Who will take notice of a passerby?” Rachel was very casual with Kate as she was about to leave with the bun in her hand.
She was really in a hurry.
In the Hill residence, she was very mindful of her appearance because there was someone she was secretly in love with.
She didn’t know how others behaved when they were secretly in love with someone. For her, everywhere she went she would yearn to see Ewan appear the very next moment. When she thought of him, she would hope to see him even at the most unlikely places such as a female restroom. But whenever she saw him, she would be so nervous that she became clumsy and uncoordinated and had all sorts of mixed feelings.
As she left the door with the bun stuffed into her mouth and another bun in her hand, she met the person who she least wanted to see at that moment.
She was stunned and froze.
She wanted to run but the other party’s pair of sharp falcon-like eyes were already locked onto her.
“Ew… Ewan.” Rachel’s mouth still had a bun while she held onto another bun in her hand. What an awkward situation to be in. She wanted so much to find a hole to crawl into it in shame.
The weather was very cold and Rachel was wearing a jacket. He just came back from his exercise and his body was warm and he was panting. His strong physique only wore a short sleeve thin T-shirt and a pair of jogging shorts.
He stood at an open area at the front door and frowned. His calm and chilling stare radiated towards Rachel.
Rachel could feel that it was colder than the surroundings.
She had greeted him, except that he didn’t reply. Rachel felt at ease and justified as she walked forward.
“Where are you going?”
Ewan asked sternly and coldly.
“I have some errands,” Rachel replied as she walked past him nervously.
As she walked past, the man took a step in her direction. As she stopped, an incident happened.
She didn’t expect Ewan to use his body to block her.
At this point, there was practically no distance between both of them.
This was the first time she was this close to him. She was petrified. The top of her head was just below his chin. Her forehead, nose, and lips were right at his chest.
She could feel his body warmth at that distance …
Rachel was about to go crazy, her breathing was labored. Her entire body was stiff and unable to move. The only thing that could move was her heart but it was hopping about madly like a crazy rabbit.
She took a deep breath. Her nose took in the manly scent. The fragrance and alluring hormones could easily cause her to sin.
She didn’t intend to be smitten but what was she supposed to do when she couldn’t move?
Suddenly, a deep voice came from above her head. It was raspy, alluring but cold, “Who do you intend to chase today?”
Rachel was stunned and quickly raised her head.
She didn’t expect the man to lower his head. At that moment, they almost kissed.
The lip to lip distance was barely five centimeters.
Their breathing entangled and their gaze interlocked. This was the first time she saw her reflection in another man’s eyeballs.
So, his eyes were so crystal clear.
She was so excited that her heart pounded. Her fingers started to tremble as she was worried that he would find out that she wanted to tail Andrew. She was worried that she may lose control of herself because of her closeness to him.
Her voice was trembling, “I… I’m not… I’m not chasing anyone, really, Ewan.”
Today she can’t be tailing Andrew anymore. He had started to be suspicious.
Rachel secretly decided. He suddenly licked and pursed his lips. The action was so alluring and seductive.
Immediately her cheeks blushed red and her ear and neck heated up.
Rachel felt that she was going crazy. In her embarrassment, she sprinted like the hundred-meter dash into the house.
Kate shouted from the house, “Ms. Rachel, what’s the matter?”
The sound of clack clack clack went upstairs faster than a motor.
At that moment, Ewan still maintained that posture and clenched his fists with his eyes closed. He used all his strength to suppress his desires and impulses.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to move but he hadn’t composed himself. If that woman didn’t leave, he might have lost control and kissed her.
Damn woman. What perfume did she use? He didn’t wish that his alarming self-control was shattered by Rachel.
Ewan lowered his head and looked at his t-shirt. The white cotton cloth has a faint pink lip print.
He raised his hand to rub it off. A separation of one millimeter. The fingertips trembled slightly. He clenched his fists tightly as his eyes turned gloomy.