A Mysterious Man novel Chapter 173

Sunny opens a packet of dried tofu as she talks, only to notice that Kevin giving her a puppy face.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Kevin sighs, “I know that you don’t trust my cooking skills…”

By saying this he hopes that Sunny will comfort him a little, but Sunny actually nods repeatedly after hearing what he said.

“Of course, otherwise why would I buy so many snacks?”

…

“I trust myself,” says Kevin as he rolls up his sleeves. He walks into the kitchen, looking all prepared.

“Are you crazy?”

Sunny mumbles softly and takes a bite of her dried tofu.

She is joking when she says that Kevin’s cooking skill sucks. A few moments later, food is ready to be served.

She obediently goes to the kitchen to wash her hands under Kevin’s instruction and gets herself a pair of chopsticks and a bowl. She waits quietly at the dining table.

Kevin first serves a bowl of tofu and vegetable soup.

The tofu is cut into small pieces and the fine pieces from the vegetable float on top of the starchy broth. Sunny grabs a spoon and takes a sip, “Add some water, it’s a bit salty.”

Kevin follows her instruction and adds some water.

The next dish is the dish that Sunny has been craving for the past few days, a stir-fry bean dish. Kevin adds some sausage cubes into the dish as well.

Sunny’s eyes sparkle when she sees the dish, she quickly reaches out her chopstick to grab it.

“Be careful, it’s hot.”

Sunny puts the food into her mouth and closes her eyes while she enjoys the food, “This is yuumm…”

She is so busy eating she isn’t talking coherently.

“Good, take your time to enjoy it. I’ll go get you a bowl of rice.”

Kevin feels proud of himself seeing Sunny enjoying his food so happily.

“There’s also some stir-fry shiitake with vegetable, though you shouldn’t eat the shiitake. I also made a lobster dish, it should be done soon.”

Sunny bites on the chopsticks as she looks up and stares at Kevin. This is the first time that somebody cooks for her and serving her when the food is ready.

She rubs her belly as she eats and says, “My son, I feel so blissful right now.”

Sunny drinks some of the broth when she is done with the rest of the food. She is now waiting for Kevin’s lobster dish.

This soup is just okay. This bean dish… Kevin might have poured the whole can of salt in it. She must remind him tomorrow, that pregnant woman cannot intake too much sodium.

She is lost in her thoughts when Kevin serves up the last dish as if he is serving up a treasure, “Tadah, here’s the lobster.”

“Where did he learn to talk like this?” says Sunny to herself. She tries to recall and the most probable person that influences him like this will be Macie.

“My dear, I want to go on my phone…”

Sunny isn’t in a hurry to gobble up the lobster that she has requested. She makes a puppy face and twitches her nose, just because she wants to go on her phone.

But to her surprise, this act she pulls off that works every time like a charm isn’t working today.

“No, you have to be careful of the radiation from electronic devices. Listen, pregnant women who don’t pay attention to this might end up with a disfigured child. Disfigured, I’m telling you.”

Sunny has a look of despair in her face as she listens to Kevin’s nagging. She then slowly cups her hands on her ears. She doesn’t want to listen to his nagging, she doesn’t want to…

But Kevin isn’t going to let her off the hook, “I looked online and also asked Troy about it. I’m telling you and you should listen, don’t cover your ears…”

Kevin mentioning Troy gives Sunny an idea, “Hand me your phone, I just want to video call Macie very briefly.”

Kevin hesitates for a bit after hearing what she says, but in the end, he gives her his phone, “Use mine and leave it on the table. Turn on the hands-free function and stay as far as you can away from the phone.”

Sunny patiently follows what he says and then she starts to eat the lobster from her bowl that Kevin has peeled for her.

“Hi, who is it?”

Troy is the one who picked up the call when the call finally goes through. Sunny is taken aback and she almost chokes on the lobster, “It’s me, Sunny. Where’s my daughter?”

Troy pauses for a bit and then says, “Macie, your old mother is on the phone. Come get the call.”

Sunny is a bit mad after hearing him referring her as “old mother”, “Troy, who are you calling old?”

Troy isn’t bothered to answer, and Macie is on the phone a few moments later.

“Mom, what’s up?” Sunny feels happy hearing her nice and pure daughter’s voice.

“Have you eaten?”

Sunny asks quietly, “And what are you doing at your stepdad’s place?”

“I just ate. We are watching a movie together at his place right now.”

Sunny thinks it is surprising that Troy is willing to let Macie watches something, she then asks out of curiosity, “Which movie is it?”

Macie tries to recall, “Let me see… It was called The Golden…”

Sunny is furious when she hears the name of the movie, she tries to control herself and tells Macie, “Pass the phone to your stepdad.”