Mistaking the CEO for a Gigolo

Nicole was easy-going.

Evan tapped his fingers on the table. “Okay, what do you want?”

“I’m making buffalo wings. So I’ll need to borrow some chicken wings and condiments.”

“Very well. You’ll have to pay me back three times for every ingredient that you take.”

Nicole looked up at him.

Can he be any more unreasonable? Breathe, Nicole. Breathe.

“And I’ll need to take a fish,” she continued.

“Very well. That’s ten fishes for one.”

Ten? You might as well ask me to pay you back with a fish pond!

Nicole pursed her lips. “Mr. Seet, don’t you think you’re a little more demanding than a loan shark?”

“Forget about it then!”

It’ll take a long while if I were to travel to and fro just to get the ingredients… Fine, I’ll just bear with it!

“I’ll also need to borrow some boneless pork meat.”

to get it for you—if you can accept the

really like to eat pork, so he was sure that there wouldn’t be

“How much?”

“Six hundred!”

attempt at

Evan, who

had in her hands, she took a deep breath, turned around, and walked

want to lend them to me. You didn’t have to go to such extremes,”

When can we eat?” Maya

the kids apologetically. “Hmm, let’s make something else today and tomorrow I’ll make your favorites. How’s

kids exchanged glances

kitchen. And once dinner was ready, she joyfully called the children to the table, “Let’s have spaghetti with meatballs

and watched as Nicole served the food on the table. The thick

eat. It’s really

in her mouth, Nina reminded her to eat slowly and chew her food if she

look, and only then did she slow

looked at each other, seemingly wanting to say something, but they held

You don’t

Mommy. Daddy probably hasn’t eaten either. I was wondering if we could ask him to join us,” Juan said and Kyle nodded in agreement, thinking that

before, Nicole wondered if he would have the effrontery

your Daddy likes

likes pasta too. Let Daddy eat with us,