Unfortunately, that woman was not her!
Gemma shifted her gaze to the woman beside Tony. Stark Group was not well-known, or at least, she had never heard of them before. Her family probably isn’t as great as ours. On top of that, even though she has an acceptable look and figure, there are tons of women out there who have better looks and figures than her! What right does she have to stand next to Tony? A darkness flickered across her eyes.
Myra and Tony quickly took their seats. He did not give her a hard time at this dinner which made her feel relieved. However, it wasn’t easy to dismiss Gemma who was sitting across from her.
“Tony, this claypot eggplant dish is delicious. Have a taste. This sea bass is also very tender. I know you don’t like fish skin, so I removed it. Try it, Tony. Oh, and this soup. I tried it earlier and it’s really fresh. I’ll get a bowl for you.”
From the moment Tony sat down, Gemma eagerly piled food on the small plate in front of him until it formed a mound, but Tony did not take one look at it and even had a frown on his face.
Myra also noticed it, but she simply disregarded Gemma. She knew that Tony did not like Gemma and that Gemma was only embarrassing herself.
After getting a piece of sea bass for herself and putting it on her bowl of rice, a pair of chopsticks quickly came in from the side and took it off of her bowl. Without a change in expression, Tony ate the sea bass he took from her in front of everyone.
Myra’s face slowly grew red. She stepped on his foot hard, but he did not seem to care. Subsequently, Myra only had a few bites of her food as Tony consumed most of it.
Sebastian could not watch this go on any longer. Letting out a dry cough, he looked over at the housekeeper sitting at the farthest end of the dining table and instructed, “Mrs. Frye, could you please get Tony a new plate?”
Getting up, Mrs. Frye quickly went to the kitchen to get a new plate and switched out the plate in front of Tony that Gemma had filled up with all sorts of food.
Gemma quickly looked flustered. She had never seen this side of Tony before. Not only was he being affectionate with another woman, but he also did not mind eating the food she had touched before. He seemed like a different person in the dining room tonight. He’s a completely different person in front of Myra. He was no longer the superior being above everyone else. He was also a man who knew how to love a woman.
“Oh? Myra, is that a mosquito bite on your neck?” Henry asked all of a sudden as he stared at the two red marks on her neck.
His innocent question drew the attention of everyone at the table. Some looked dubious, some looked awkward, and some looked envious. Lastly, there was also Tony who looked calm.
Serena shot a glare at her son. “No talking at the dining table!”
Despite feeling slightly wronged, Henry still listened to his mother. Nodding at her, he buried his head in his bowl and continued to eat.
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