Pursuing Her novel (Sophie and Tristan) novel Chapter 68

Chapter 68 She Has Come Of Age

“Mr. Tristan, what are you doing?” Sophie exclaimed. She had noticed Tristan tailing her a while back but decided to wait and see what he had up his sleeve.

To her surprise, they had almost reached the apartment, yet he still hadn’t taken the initiative to show himself.

Knowing that he had been exposed, Tristan went to Sophie and walked with her.

“Are you okay? Is the Lombard Group going bankrupt?” the latter asked.

Alas, Tristan said nothing.

Sophie suddenly stopped in her tracks and added, “Then, what’s with that expression of yours? Are you feeling down?”

“It’s nothing. Come on. I’ll send you home. It’s getting late.”

“Let’s grab a bite first! I didn’t have a good dinner earlier,” Sophie suggested, remembering how she had only ordered non-spicy dishes because of Bailey. The food was not to her taste that she could feel her hunger pangs return.

“What do you want to eat?” Tristan asked as he took her bag.

Women who walked past the couple, regardless of their ages, couldn’t help but cast envious glances at them.

What a lucky young lady! Her boyfriend is such a good-looker and so considerate to help carry her bag!

“Oh, let’s go get some barbecue! It’s been so long since I had that,” Sophie chirped as she pulled Tristan along excitedly. If I remember correctly, there’s a food truck just up ahead!

True enough, a barbecue food truck came into sight after about ten minutes of walking.

Sophie pored over the menu and ordered several items that caught her attention. She turned around to look for Tristan, only to notice he was staring at her.

Realizing Tristan would stick out like a sore thumb if they ate at the food truck, she quipped, “We’ll take these home to eat!”

“It’s all right. Don’t worry about me.”

“Hey, boss, we’d like to do a take-out. A medium spice level will do,” Sophie instructed. As much as I love spicy food, I don’t think it’d be wise to overdo it this late at night.

“Got it! Please take a seat first!”

“Oh, it’s okay. That won’t be necessary,” Sophie replied before sauntering toward Tristan to stand with him.

After a while, she broke the silence. “Why have you come today?”

It hasn’t been that long since we parted, has it?

“I don’t know why, but I ended up walking here,” Tristan explained. “And since it was almost time for your self-study session to end, I decided to drop by.”

“Oh, okay…” Sophie answered and said nothing more. She wasn’t particularly curious, so she didn’t see the need to probe further.

Unfortunately, there were so many people at the food truck that the waiting time got rather long.

“Are you tired?” Tristan asked concernedly.

Indeed, Sophie was starting to feel the exhaustion setting in. How could she not, when she had attended a shareholders’ meeting in the morning, a class in the afternoon, and a self-study session at night?

“I’m all right.”

“Why don’t you head home first? I’ll bring the food back when it’s ready,” Tristan urged.

“It’s fine. We should be getting our orders soon anyway,” Sophie replied. I don’t want to go home. I don’t want to stay there alone.

“All right, miss, your food is ready! Oh, and I must say, your boyfriend’s very handsome!” the food truck owner teased as he handed a bag of food to Sophie.

Just as she was about to pay by scanning the QR code with her phone, Tristan handed a hundred in cash to the owner.

“That’s right, miss. You guys are dating, so don’t be shy to spend your boyfriend’s money,” the owner said with a chuckle while looking for change.

“Keep the change,” Tristan uttered.

Thanks to the owner’s words, his gloomy mood had done a complete one-eighty.

Sophie, too, could also sense the drastic change in him.

Wow, he sure has cheered up a lot!

Later, on their way home, Sophie bought a case of beer at the convenience store.

“Let me take that!” Tristan offered.

Sophie didn’t reject him either and handed the beers over without hesitation. Now that she didn’t have to carry anything, there was a spring in her step as the couple made their way home.

Once they were back in Wisteria Apartments, Sophie quickly laid the food on the coffee table and passed a can of beer to Tristan. “Do you want to drink?”

Tristan instantly accepted it. Knowing that Sophie was in the mood to drink, he was only too happy to join her.

With that, Sophie opened another beer for herself and took a long sip. “Oh, the taste is pretty good.”

After sitting on the carpet and leaning against the couch, she began tucking into her spread of barbecued meats.

Tristan, too, picked up a fork and took a few mouthfuls of food.

Worried that Sophie might overeat, he began to eat even faster. “Don’t eat so much. It’s not good for your health,” he advised.