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.”

have that. But I can send someone to get it for you—if you can

to eat pork, so he was sure that there wouldn’t be any in the

“How much?”

“Six hundred!”

attempt at

Evan, who

her hands, she took a deep breath, turned around,

Just say so if you don’t want to lend them to me. You didn’t have to go to such extremes,” she grumbled as she

When can we eat?” Maya whined,

make something else today and tomorrow I’ll make your favorites. How’s

glances and

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

food on the table. The thick aroma wafted in the air,

It’s

her mouth, Nina reminded her to eat

look, and only then did she

each other, seemingly wanting to say something, but

wrong? You

we could ask him to join us,” Juan said and Kyle nodded in agreement, thinking that Evan had certainly

Evan’s indifference from before, Nicole wondered if he would have the effrontery to

your Daddy likes

pasta too. Let Daddy eat with