Henry had almost fallen asleep when Elena startled him awake. He sat up abruptly, too. He glanced at his watch and frowned. “It’s three in the morning.”
He turned to look at Elena as she rubbed her eyes. It was obvious that she had just woken up as well. Henry’s sleepy voice said, “Why are you making so much noise in the middle of the night?”
“Second Young Master, could I trouble you to send me to Sharp Corporation?” Elena slapped her own face hard to force herself awake. She was so preoccupied with the old madam’s affairs the previous night that she forgot she had an important task.
She looked at her mobile phone. There were no missed calls, no unread messages; there was nothing! What were they doing? They knew that she was late, but they did not even call her.
“Second Young Master Sharp, I have something very important to do. Would you mind sending me back to Sharp Corporation now?”
Henry laid his head on the steering wheel. He neither spoke nor reacted to her request. Elena knew that he was uncomfortable and that he was not fully awake yet.
Even though she was anxious, she did not continue to pester him. She just waited for his response. After a while, Henry finally raised his head from the steering wheel and looked at her. “Sharp Corporation?”
His eyes were red, a sign of a severe lack of sleep. Elena felt a little guilty. Second Young Master Sharp should have been sleeping peacefully in his big bed at his home. However, not only did he have to sleep in the car, Elena had interrupted his sleep, and he had to chauffeur her around too.
The man had suffered because he had followed her around. That was the first time Elena thought she owed him an apology. “I’m sorry about this.”
“Is it urgent?” he suddenly asked.
Elena looked at the time, and it was already past three in the morning. Obviously, it was something urgent. However, her team did not even look for her. Perhaps it was not so urgent, after all.
Anyway, she was already late. They must have prepared most of the things that they would need for the interview.
“We can go a little later, but we still need to get there.”
“Accompany me to do something first.”
It was apparent that he wanted to get some food. However, it was three in the morning. “Second Young Master Sharp, if you don’t mind, let me lead the way.”
“I don’t eat street food.” He knew that those poor students could only afford to eat at street stalls.
He suddenly lost his appetite when he thought about the greasy and wet tables and chairs along the streets.
“Don’t be so picky! You are about to get gastric pain.” Elena rolled her eyes at him.
If she had not seen him frown and pestered him about it, she would not have found out that Second Young Master Sharp had stomach problems.
The launching event was at seven o’clock the previous night, and the dinner was at eight. It did not look like he had anything to eat while he was there. The rest of the group, however, had stuffed themselves with food even before the launch event. Aryan also brought them food while they were in the dressing room. They were not worried about starvation.
Only a spoilt child of noble blood could not put up with the food and would rather not eat. Was that how he got his gastric problems?
“I know a few restaurants which are open all night long, but I can confirm that they are not high-end luxury places.” The places that he was familiar with were all closed. Fine dining restaurants would not be open during those hours, unless by special request.
“I won’t eat garbage,” Second Young Master Sharp protested again. He was very picky about what he ate!
Elena was fed up with him! Such a fussy man deserved to suffer from gastric pain!
“It’s not garbage. Let’s go.”
A few minutes later, they sat at a noodle house. The lady owner was all smiles when she served them two bowls of noodles. She stole a few more glances at Henry.
“You’re such a lucky little girl. You’ve found yourself such a handsome boyfriend who’s willing to accompany you for supper this late at night. Such a rare find!”
“He’s not my boyfriend. He’s just a friend,” Elena replied with a smile.
“Don’t be shy, little girl! Which ordinary friend would still accompany you at this hour of the night?”
It was a small restaurant, and it was rare to see such a handsome and dashing customer there. It was time for the owner to show off her conversational skills.
“This handsome gentleman was looking at you as if he wanted to eat you up. I have seen many couples over the years, so there’s no mistake about this!”
Second Young Master Sharp coughed nervously as he took a few sips of his tea, and he almost spewed his tea all over the table.
“Mr. Handsome is so shy! I’ll leave you two be then. As you were, as you were.” The owner chuckled.
Before she left, the owner continued, “Little lady, Mr. Handsome here had stolen six glances at you while you were looking out the window. I counted all of them!”
Both of them remained silent.
Elena picked up a pair of disposable chopsticks and shoved them into the Henry’s hands.
“I did not steal any glances at you. I’m not that uncultured to be interested in another man’s woman!”
“Hmm.” She nodded nonchalantly.
“I have no intention of eating you up either. I was just hungry!” the man said in a deep voice.
“Hmm.” Elena merely nodded again and split the two halves of the chopsticks apart. “Eat. You have to eat the noodles while they are hot. Otherwise, it won’t taste as good.”
Henry felt as if he still needed to explain himself, but the girl did not seem to care about it at all! Did she not believe his explanation?
“I wouldn’t have any indecent thoughts about my brother’s woman! I definitely won’t!”
“Hmm… Hmm?” Elena was about to wolf down her food when she looked up at him in surprise, “Brother?”
She frowned.
In her previous life, she knew that Eldest Young Master Williams had a few close friends that he called Second Brother, Third Brother, and Fourth Brother, respectively. She had seen their names on the caller ID on his phone numerous times.
However, she did not know who those people were. Was Second Young Master Sharp one of them?
“You and Eldest Young Master Williams…”
“Don’t assume anything, I didn’t mean it that way!” Henry was stunned that he would let something like that slip. What had happened to him? His IQ seemed to have decreased every time he was with that girl.
“Elena, I don’t like you.”
“I know. You don’t have to keep repeating the same thing over and over again. Who would want to hurt people like that?”
“Did I hurt you?” Henry felt very awkward. So awkward that he did not know what to say. He could not even recall if he had stolen any glances at her just moments ago.
Maybe he did, but it was definitely not because he liked her. He only wanted to know the thoughts in her head.
To eat her up? What nonsense! He was hungry, and he only wanted to eat the bowl of noodles!
Elena did not ask anything more about his connection to Eldest Young Master Williams. It was pointless to ask if he was unwilling to tell her.
“Eat. It smells delicious. Try it.”
Henry picked up some of the noodles with his chopsticks. It did not look particularly appetizing, but it did look as if it would appease his hunger.
As he was about to put the noodles into his mouth, he looked at Elena again. With a disgusted expression, he said, “I really don’t like you.”