Chapter 73

—JENNIFER—

I sat on the kitchen counter as usual as he made dinner. My eyes were enjoying his gorgeous sight in front of me.

He suddenly looked up from the frying pan and I immediately turned my face away.

Damn!! How many more times I'll get myself caught staring at him, that too by him.

Clearing my throat, I again looked back towards him, his focus was back to cooking now. “ So, why were you actually avoiding me?? “

He turned to face me, leaning his hip on the counter. “ I was not avoiding you, Princess!! I was just busy.”

“ You are always busy. But it never happened that you couldn't show your face for two damn days.” I narrowed my eyes on him.

“ Yeah. Actually, there was some problem in the office that needed my full attention and I couldn't afford to get distracted by a certain pair of brown eyes until I was assured that the issue was fixed.” He winked at the last part, making my cheeks go red at his choic