After Mrs. Lee left, Monique sat down. She looked at Little Nomi who was sound asleep, while she thought, “Little Nomi, what should mommy do?”Little Nomi had already taken a bath, her face was clean. Monique lowered her head and gave her a peck on the forehead. Her expression was full of affection, and heartache.Little Nomi was not injured, but the trace of rope was still visible on her body. However, those traces had medicine applied to it.When she watched her sleeping in peace, her mouth curved up with a smile, but the look on her face was bitter. She would only reveal this kind of emotion when she was alone.Although Henry was domineering and unreasonable at the beginning and insisted she be his driver because of a piece of cloth, when he brought them to the Moore manor, he gave them a nice place to live, good food and drinks. It was a life better than what they had. He treated them so well that she started to think if he had some other intention.The way he treated her was
“I personally brought your dinner upstairs, hurry up and eat.” Henry said as he emphasized the word ‘personally’, like he was waiting for praise.“Ok.” Monique briefly replied. She was still having thoughts in her mind, and had not come back to her senses yet.Wait, what did he say? He said he personally brought her dinner.There were so many servants, why would he personally bring her dinner. Her heart was beating fast, and she did not dare to raise her head.The gleam in Henry’s eyes fainted away, he said he personally brought her dinner, should she not be grateful, why was she not responding?“Give me some response!” Henry raised his brows, his thin lips were lifted up high.“What response?” Monique rolled her eyes.“I brought you dinner, shouldn’t you be showing appreciation?” Henry gave her a cold glare, and looked at the woman in front of her with surprise.This woman was really st*pid, he saved her today, and yet she had not shown any appreciation.Be grateful to him, a
“It’s delicious, thank you.” Monique knew he was angry, so she purposely tried to find a topic to talk about.Henry sat lazily, and rolled his eyes. Was that a hungry ghost in front of him? She looked nothing like a woman.He was still furious. He saved her today, but she showed no sign of appreciation, and even avoided him, such an ingrate person. He looked at her with a sullen expression, and remained silent.The atmosphere in the room was eerie to the bone.Although Monique was still eating, his stare made her feel awkward to eat her dinner.“Why are you staring at me for the entire night? Do you like me?” She looked up with her almond eyes, the corner of her lips lifted. She mustered up her courage and asked in a joking manner. It was unpleasant when some words were hiding in her heart.“Like you? Why don’t you look into the mirror? How could I, Young Master Moore, be interested in you?” Henry sneered and ridiculed without even thinking about it.That was right, how could he
If Monique did not see it wrongly, the face of that man opposite from her was slightly red. Was he shy?“You’re so full of yourself!” She snorted quietly. She could see that he was not that angry anymore, so it was a good opportunity for discussion.She straightened her back and looked at him with an honest eye, then she said, “Henry, can you stop telling Little Nomi that you’re her daddy?”“No!” Henry rejected with a cold harsh voice and gave her a cold glare.She had a face the size of a palm, her brows were thin and long like a crescent moon, her lashes were thick, and her eyes were sparkling like a refined onyx. When she looked at him, there was determination in her eyes.She could feel the eeriness from him, even though he was only sitting there lazily with no emotions, but in her eyes, this good-looking man looked sinister, it was as if she would be eaten.However, this was not the time for her to be a coward. She mustered up her courage and looked at him, “I understand you
“No way…” Monique wanted to reject him but she was cut short. Although her impression of Henry had changed for the better, sleeping with him was still too much to ask. “Are you sure?” Henry’s low and cold voice resonated in the air, the lack of warmth in his voice was like a demon pulling souls to hell. Every other woman would be jumping at any opportunity to sleep with him, yet she kept on rejecting him. This greatly damaged his overly proud ego. His ink-dark pupils were like a bottomless well that would suck one’s soul in. Monique trembled a little, held her breath. She wanted to ask for some time to consider it, but her rational mind told her she must agree before being dragged into hell. Since he saved them today, and that he agreed to keep his distance from Little Nomi, Monique took a deep breath and answered, biting on her lips, “Just sleeping, and nothing else!” Henry stood up. He placed one hand on the table and leaned toward her. He hated her look of disdain, he
“Hey you!” Looking at Monique who was curled to the far end of the bed, Henry’s lips curled up and called out to her. Monique heard his hoarse voice calling out to her, she remained unmoved and took a sneak peak at him. She saw a long silhouette by the bed, she shut her eyes tight and pretended to be asleep. Henry carefreely laid down on the middle of the bed, and fell asleep not long after. Monique stayed in this position unmoved for quite a while, until she felt the man had fallen asleep before she left out her breath. ‘Stupid man! He did this on purpose! Now that my hands and legs are numb!’ She thought as she turned to peak at the man, after making sure that the man had fallen asleep, she turned back and relaxed. She fell asleep not long after. Meanwhile, Henry was actually awake all along, he opened his eyes wide after Monique had fallen asleep. She looked at Monique who was curled out by the end of the bed that could fall off the bed anytime now, he reached out his
At one point, Mrs. Lee even suspected that Henry was not into women. The two maids behind Mrs. Lee, too, stared at Henry in shock. They rubbed their eyes at once, did they just see him smile? The man standing in front of them was at least six foot three, his chiseled jawline sharp like a man-made sculpture, the contour on his face beautiful and charming, his dark pupils cold and bold. He had already resumed his ordinary outlook by then. They must have seen it wrong. “Why’re you two still standing there?” Mrs. Lee scolded the two maids who were dumbfounded by the mysterious smile on Henry’s face. Henry had marched down the stairs elegantly by then, followed by Mrs. Lee behind him, and the two maids standing there transfixed. As Henry got down, he stopped and looked up at them with his usual cold and emotionless gaze. The two maids almost staggered as their hands trembled a little, was he mad at them for not following him down? “Mrs. Lee, why don’t you stay up there,
Little Nomi had not seen Monique since she had fallen asleep yesterday. She was worried about her Mommy. “Mommy is fine, she’s just tired. She’s still resting, don’t wake her up yet.” Henry reassured Little Nomi as he saw the look of panic in her eyes. He ruffled her hair as he spoke to her with a gentle and reassuring tone. “I see,” Little Nomi blinked her doe eyes, her lips curled up as she acted like a tiny adult which was very adorable. Her skin was so fair and smooth, her cheeks slightly pink, she looked like a doll when she smiled. When Henry carried Little Nomi in his arms, he had a strange feeling as if this adorable girl was his very own daughter. He would never have thought that he could become a father one day, and he did not mind that Little Nomi was not his actual daughter at all! If one day he woke up without that adorable cheeks of Little Nomi’s, without that baby scent of hers, he might feel something was lacking. Henry looked at her with a gentle and charming