Chloe wants to continue to be with Lily and tells her everything she wants to eat. Lily orders ingredients online.
"The deliveries will take at least 40 minutes to arrive. Is there flour and salt-free butter in the kitchen?" Lily asks Betty as she goes to the kitchen, totally ignoring Louis.
"Yes, it's all in the cabinet above." Betty follows her into the kitchen and prepares for what her needs. "There's also an oven and molds for making biscuits. Ms. Lily, do you need these?"
"Yes, take them out."
"Alright."
Chloe does not follow him in. Instead, she looks at Louis beside her and asks curiously, "Louis, you said that you went back for your computer, right?"
Before Louis can speak, she rummages around the living room.
Finally, she finds a PC beside the TV cabinet and excitedly hands it over to Louis. "I find it! Louis, hurry up and leave. It's not good to miss your work."
"..."
Louis rubs his eyebrows and says, "I'm worried that you stay with an outsider at home. I'll leave later."
"An outsider?" Chloe gets confused and follows his gaze. When she sees Lily, she becomes a little angry, "Lily is not an outsider. Louis, even if you have broken up with her, you don't need to treat her like your enemy. Lily is a beautiful woman. You don't want her, but any men want."
Louis puts on a serious face. "Chloe, are you helping a stranger rather than me?"
"I'm telling the truth." Chloe curls her red lips and whispers to him, "Louis, you're staying here for the food cooked by Lily, right?"
"No."
Chloe snorted, "I think I'm right. It's clear that you want to eat here."
"Go back to the bedroom and change your pajamas." Louis presses her head with his palm and forces her to turn around to her room. "If you keep arguing with me, I will send away Betty. Then you have to rely on yourself."
"You're so mean!" Chloe mutters. She pats his hand away and reluctantly returns to the bedroom.
Louis puts the computer on the coffee table and gets him a glass of soda water at the bar.
When he gets up, he sees Lily working in the open-plan kitchen. She wears her hair in a ponytail and her hair hangs on her back randomly. She dresses in simple casual clothes and her fair neck is exposed, full of femininity.
He leans against the bar and gazes at Lily, his eyes as beautiful as a black pearl. He watches her walking around or taking something from Betty.
What kind of magic power does this woman possess? And why couldn't he forget her?
Why could she easily influence his moods?
Louis is a little annoyed. He raises his head and drinks up a glass of soda. That calms him down.
Betty is helping in the kitchen for Lily when her phone suddenly rings.
Betty signals to Lily for leaving and goes aside to answer the phone.
About two minutes later, Betty leaves the kitchen and comes to Louis. She says anxiously, "Mr. Smith, my granddaughter has a high fever. But my son and daughter-in-law are on a business trip and they can't come back to look after her. I'm afraid my husband can't handle it alone. Can I take half a day off to go back home?"
"I'll give you half a day off." Louis says, "Just remember getting back here on time tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Mr. Smith." Betty is very grateful to him. Before she leaves, she says, "Mr. Smith, since you are not busy, you can go and help Ms. Lily. She can't do it alone."
After Betty leaves, Louis is still leaning against the bar.
He looks into the kitchen and sees that Lily is able to work alone. He thinks in mind, 'She dislikes me and I'm not willing to help her either.'
Besides, he's not here to help.
"Where's Betty?" Dressed in her household clothes, Chloe is curious when she finds that Lily is in the kitchen alone. "Why doesn't Betty help Lily?"
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