Chapter 144 The Heart Was Unwilling

Book:The Reborn Wife Published:2024-5-1

“Who are you calling petite? I’m one meter and sixty- ish!” Elena glared at him.
That guy had actually called her short! How could a girl who was over 1. 6 meters be short? If she was tiny, what about those girls who were about 1. 5 meters tall? To prove her point, Elena looked up and tried to look at him at eye level. However, it did not take long before her neck started to feel sore, and she realized that the guy was as tall as Michael.
“Why don’t you tell me why you’re pestering me?”
She was frustrated. It had felt like he preyed on her, and there was nothing she could do about it.
“If your goal is Eldest Young Master Williams, then you have targeted the wrong person. I am nothing to him. It is useless to look at me.”
“Do you really think that I want information about Michael from you?”
His smile told Elena that she had totally missed the point.
“Then what do you want?” She hated guessing games.
“I told you that I don’t know.” Henry did not sound like he was joking.
Those beautiful eyes glistened with innocence and even some traces of confusion, so it was difficult to doubt his sincerity. However, was that really the case? He had pestered her, but he did not know why. How could she believe such a lame excuse?
“It was probably because you chased me away that night, so my heart was a bit unsettled.”
Unsettled? Why did he have to sound so childish?
“Was that the first time a girl had rejected you?” The boss finally brought out the first dish. Elena made that casual comment and then picked up her chopsticks. Surprisingly, her question had raised doubts in Henry’s mind.
After a few moments of hesitations, he nodded solemnly. “You are the first girl to reject me.”
When she heard that, Elena nearly choked to death when she put the sweet and sour pork ribs into her mouth. He had fought back because she had rejected him? Why, though?
“You had hurt my self-esteem,” Henry said again, very seriously.
Elena returned his look, just as seriously. She carefully studied the expression that gleamed in his eyes. She thought that he looked sincere and without any signs of pretense. ‘Oh my God, why are all wealthy young masters so used to everyone loving them?’ Henry was so good-looking, he must have been favored by all the women his entire life. That was why when a woman rejected him, it must have felt like a stab in his fragile heart.
“I keep a distance from you because of Eldest Young Master Williams. I don’t want to have any contact with any of his friends. It’s that simple.”
Elena felt like she needed to make things clear for him so that his feelings were not hurt.
“If you are not a friend of Eldest Young Master Williams’s, you are so good-looking that I would not have chased you away so callously.”
Of course, she was not the kind of person that would cave into lust so easily. Her looks alone would not have warranted a success, so it would still depend on the situation and appropriateness. She was with her friends that night. Under normal circumstances, she would not refuse such a handsome guy to hang out with them. After all, the more, the merrier. They would have a great time hanging out in the group. However, if she were alone, she would have probably stayed away from him. That was what the circumstances meant.
“Really?” Henry could not believe his ears. He tilted his head to the side and looked at her.
“Yes. Girls would not generally refuse a man like you.”
“Would you have rejected me?”
“Well, would you stop being friends with Eldest Young Master Williams?”
“No,” Henry replied firmly.
Elena sighed and said, “Well, that’s why. Like I said, as long as you are friends with Eldest Young Master Williams, I would never be your friend. It’s as simple as that.”
She hoped that he would leave her alone after that meal and would not bother her again. Henry stared at her small face. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but he finally looked away and held his peace.
His unhappy face made Elena feel uneasy. Had she hurt his fragile heart again? How could a young master be so weak? Could he not be a little stronger?
The people around them, especially the girls, looked at Elena with scorn as if they wanted to tear her into millions of pieces. How dared she bullied their beloved Prince Charming and made him so unhappy…
“Hey, the sweet and sour pork ribs here are delicious. Would you like to try them?”
To avoid the angry eyes that wanted to rip her into pieces, Elena put a piece of sweet and sour pork into Henry’s bowl. However, he did not even look at his bowl.
Instead, he looked straight at her and said, “I’m not called ‘Hey’.”
“…” Elena’s forehead beaded with sweat. Why would he care about such trivial things?
Anyway, after they finished their meal, they would part ways. She never thought that she needed to know his name. His hurtful expression tugged at her heart, and she could almost hear it shattered alongside the other girls’ around them.
“Okay, what’s your name?”
“Henry.” Henry’s eyes finally recovered a little of its glow. “What about you, little thing?”
“Don’t you already know that?” He was Eldest Young Master Williams’s friend, so he should have known about his engagement with the third young miss from the Garcia family.
“Well, I do know that you are Third Young Miss GarciaGarcia.” He did not know her name, though.
“Elena.” For some reason, she was a little upset about that. “May I eat now?”
The boss presented another dish; the braised pork. Even though the color was not great, it had smelled amazing! Elena was so greedy that she almost drooled. Then she immediately put a piece into her mouth.
“Hmm… Hmm… Hmm…” She covered her mouth and looked embarrassed.
“What happened?” Henry thought that she had choked and immediately pounded on her back. “Take it easy. It’s not like I’d snatch it from you.”
“No, I… hmm… pain…” Tears almost trickled down her cheeks. “Stop… stop patting…”
Henry noticed that her face was not looking too well, so he pounded even harder. “Slow down.”
“No, you… Hmm… Stop hitting me. It hurts!”
Elena turned around and pushed his hand away. Finally, she swallowed that piece of braised pork, and she stared at him with reddened eyes.
“You hit me so hard. Do you want to murder me? Don’t you know that it hurts?”
“I thought you were choking?” Furthermore, it was not like he had used much force… Well, perhaps he was so used to high-grade military training for years and did not know how to control the intensity of his action. He was surprised to discover that girls were so weak that they could not handle such light force. That was something new that he had learned that day. Elena covered her mouth and sighed again in aggrievement.
“Did it burn your tongue? These dishes just came out of the wok. They are still quite hot, so take your time to enjoy them.”
When the boss brought out the third dish, he looked at Elena and beamed widely. Then, he looked at Henry and said with a smile, “Your girlfriend is so cute.”
“Hmm.” Henry nodded without any explanation.
He would never explain irrelevant things. However, Elena was different. She wanted to clarify their relationship with the boss, but he had left their table.
She stared at Henry and grunted unpleasantly. “Why didn’t you explain that? We are not in a relationship!”