Elena lost her balance, and she crashed into Henry with a loud thud.
Second Young Master Sharp, who had been initially disgusted with her proximity just a moment ago, had pulled her closer to himself. It was so strange! Her original plan was to provoke him until he would drive her away, and he would never bother her again in the future.
However, Elena felt an uneasy chill.
Yes, a feeling that was so cold that it would almost freeze her blood…
“Eldest Young Master Williams, what a coincidence.” Henry’s lips curled into a soft and elegant smile.
Elena stiffened. Eldest Young Master Williams!
How many Eldest Young Master Williams was there in Bentson? Who else dared be addressed as Eldest Young Master Williams?
She turned around stiffly to have a look. Michael’s tall, slender silhouette came into view not far from them.
The coldness froze her bones. So cold that it made her limbs numb and ultimately lost the ability to respond.
However, he was with another woman.
Elena withdrew her gaze and turned back to glare at Henry. She gently retracted her arms from him.
Henry did not resist it, but then he stepped forward.
Their bodies drew closer, and Elena stepped backward quickly.
Henry took another step forward, and she was forced to go in the same direction. Otherwise, their bodies would collide.
That made them look as though they were headed toward Michael together.
“Lunch?” Henry glanced at the woman beside him.
Elegant, beautiful, but aloof. She was quite a match for Eldest Young Master Williams, but there was something displeasing about her face.
“Care to join us?” Michael asked.
“I have just eaten.” Elena glared at him.
A meal with Eldest Young Master Williams and Ava? Why would she subject herself to such torture?
“Oh, really? Didn’t you just say that you were still hungry?” Henry looked at her with an obviously fake tenderness.
What a joke! Why would he act like that in front of Eldest Young Master Williams?
He would not care.
Henry put his hand onto her shoulders. Elena wanted to push it away on instinct, but when she saw Ava closed her gap with Michael, the will to push it away had suddenly vanished.
If he could be all lovey-dovey with another woman, why could she not do the same with another man?
She had only left the WongRiver Pavilion for a week. Did Michael and Ava get together in a week?
Her fiancé was in an awkward situation.
“I’m still hungry, but I don’t want to eat such ordinary dishes,” Elena looked at Henry and mumbled a complaint
“Aren’t you bored with all these dishes?”
“Oh?” That girl must have wanted to sulk at his big brother.
Well, a beautiful woman had stood next to his big brother. How could Elena, as his brother’s fiancée, not get angry?
Henry raised his eyebrows and said in an obvious indulging tone, “So, what would you like to eat?”
…
Spicy Hot Pot.
However, it looked as if Elena was eating alone. The numb and spicy feeling was so refreshing that her scalp trembled.
She had wolfed down her lunch previously as she wanted to bring the leftovers back to her team to share with them.
Unfortunately, Second Young Master Sharp had prevented her from packing the leftovers to avoid any embarrassment.
The pot of spicy soup in front of her had wholly refreshed her appetite.
That was the largest private room in the Taste of Sichuan Restaurant. Various plates of fresh ingredients were placed on their table.
There were ingredients like lamb rolls, fresh milk marinated beef, red beef strips, beef tripes, cow stomach, lamb meat, aorta, coagulated blood cubes, fresh and tender shrimp, hand-made pork balls, and mudfish.
Apart from meat, there were also a whole bunch of fresh vegetables.
There were so many dishes that the table could not even adequately accommodate them. Some of the plates had to stay on the trolleys.
Anyway, the person who would foot the bill was a rich man. It would not even make a dent in their wallets, so Elena did not hold back.
She ordered a whole bunch of those expensive meat dishes that she was usually reluctant to order!
However, none of her other lunch companions moved their chopsticks, and Elena was the only interested in the food in front of them.
Elena did not bother to ask why Eldest Young Master Williams was with Ava, but she focused her attention on Henry instead.
“Why aren’t you eating? Pissed off with the world for no reason again?”
Henry glared at her for a brief moment before he picked up his chopsticks.
“That’s more like it. Come, try this tender beef, which has been marinated in fresh milk. It’s guaranteed to be tenderly fresh and delicious.”
She picked up a slice of beef that had been marinated in milk for a few minutes, then she dunked it in the red oily pot for just a brief moment and then took it out.
She placed the meat in Henry’s bowl. “Hurry up. Give it a try.”
Henry picked up the meat and looked at her with apparent hesitation.
It dripped with spicy red oil, and it looked a little… unappetizing. Could he really eat it?
“Eat it, quickly.” Elena smiled like an evil witch. “When have I ever hurt you?”
That remark was oddly familiar to him. He might have encountered it on several occasions.
Henry stared at the meat on his chopsticks. “Is it… spicy?”
He does not usually eat spicy food.
“Just a little. Don’t tell me that you can’t take even a little bit of spiciness? Are you a man?”
How could he resist when his manhood was called into question?
Henry tried not to think about it as he stuffed the slice of beef into his mouth.
The taste was quite delicious, indeed.
However, the moment he swallowed the meat, he realized that he had made a mistake.
“Hot!” The incredibly handsome man’s face turned red immediately. Even his eyes were red.
“Are you crying?”
Elena was a little disgusted when Henry gulped the water like a fish. Was it really that spicy?
Why were his eyes even red?
The man across the table said, “He can’t take spicy food.”
He could not take spicy food?
Elena stared at Henry’s reddened face. She felt a little uneasy after Henry coughed and wheezed.
She had done that on purpose.
The spicy hot pot was not actually that spicy. She had deliberately coated the meat in spicy oil when she dunked it into the soup.
When she ordered the sauces, she also ordered the spiciest hot sauce.
It would serve him right to offend her. She had only wanted a little revenge.
How could she know that he was extra vulnerable to it!
“Waiter, please bring us some more water.”
“Sure.”
After she took the glass of water from the waiter, Elena patted Henry on the back as she passed him the water.
“It’s alright. Just drink more water.”
Henry felt as if his throat burned as if something had choked him.
When he saw the glass of water, he could not think of anything else as he drank it in one big gulp.
His elegant and graceful appearance had been relegated to such a sorry state.
His perfect face had paled, and beads of sweat dripped from all over his face.
Elena did not know that there were people who could not stand spicy food to that extent. That was the first time that Elena had witnessed someone sweat so profusely from just spicy food.
“Alright, alright. It’s my fault. I won’t prank you anymore.”
She quite regretted that action. Her small hand still gently patted his back.
It was not until Henry sighed in relief that she shoved the glass back in front of him. “Here, drink this. Just a little bit. Drinking too much will hurt your stomach.”
Henry took the cup, but only took two sips at a time.
Elena smiled in satisfaction and said, “Yes, that’s a good boy.”
Henry glared angrily at her, “Liar!”
Elena picked up another piece of meat and waved it in his face, “This piece is definitely just the normal level of spiciness. Really, I’m not lying this time.”