Johnny dodged Ashley's hand politely, so Ashley wasn't embarrassed. Ashley was the person his boss cherished the most, after all.
Johnny smiled in a friendly manner and replied, "No, thanks, Miss Mu. I had breakfast before coming here."
He then turned to Andrew and said, "Boss, if there isn't anything else, I think I'd better get back to work."
Saying thus, Johnny rushed out of the office like a gust of wind, not giving Ashley a chance to react.
Andrew was satisfied with how Johnny had behaved.
"Wait, Johnny!" Ashley's voice trailed off, as she found that Johnny had already disappeared.
Hearing footsteps approaching from behind her, Ashley tensed a little. She felt like she was trapped and was desperate to run out of the office like Andrew's assistant just had. But she knew she couldn't.
She didn't have the nerve to displease Andrew.
Andrew walked to Ashley's side and found that she was still staring at the door. "He is gone. What are you looking at?" he asked, his voice dripping with jealousy.
He knew that Ashley wasn't interested in his assistant, but he couldn't help but feel upset. He hated watching his wife look at other men.
'She can't look at any other men but me. I'm so much more handsome than all of them. She won't get sick of looking at me, '
the narcissist in Andrew thought.
Luckily, Ashley had no idea what was on his mind. Or she would make fun of him.
And she would tease him for thinking so highly of himself.
Ashley turned around without looking at him, made her way to couch, sat down and said, "Let's have breakfast. I'm starving."
Andrew pursed his lips but didn't say anything.
He went up to Ashley, took out the breakfast and placed it in front of her.
Johnny had brought them all kinds of food. There were several types of porridge, including Pork and Preserved Egg Congee, Pumpkin Porridge, Eight Grain Porridge, Mung Bean Porridge, Chinese Cabbage Porridge, and Pork Liver Congee.
Besides, there were steamed buns with pork stuffing, dumplings with pork, steamed Chinese buns, dumplings with Chinese chives, fried bread stick, and hard-boiled eggs.
Ashley was stunned at the sight of the feast before her. 'Oh jeez! The rich do lead a lavish life that a civilian like me could never imagine, ' she thought, exasperated.
But she had forgotten that she was now a part of the affluent since she was married to a wealthy man.
"What would you like to eat?" Andrew asked as he took notice of her sparkling eyes.
"Umm, Pork and Preserved Egg Congee, please," Ashley replied after some hesitation.
Andrew handed the bowl of porridge to her.
Ashley picked up a spoon, and just as she was about to dip it into the bowl and enjoy her meal, the spoon slipped from her hand and fell into the bowl with a splash.
She felt her hand become sore.
She was somehow slightly ashamed when she met Andrew's gaze.
He glanced at an embarrassed Ashley and then at the spoon in the bowl. His eyes flashed with mirth.
Andrew put down his breakfast, took the bowl from Ashley's hand and said, "Let me feed you." The mirth in his eyes had now transformed into gentle love.
He scooped a spoonful of porridge and brought it to her lips.
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