Uncontrollable Fondness novel Chapter 41

He drank with James and a few friends for a while and then they each went off to look for their lady partners for some private times. He was on his way back when he thought of her. To be absolutely correct, he thought of her body and that’s why he was here.

In the past he will only think of Sophia even when her health deteriorated, he wouldn’t look for another woman. He would remain close to her side. Was it the hypnotizing lights of the bar, or was it the woman arranged by James who successfully enticed him? Or was it...

Whatever the reason was, he was here. He saw her sitting quietly at the sofa facing the television, praying with her eyes closed which brought his heart unexplained warmth. It was like he came home to a wife who was waiting patiently for him. Wife? Sophia was his wife!

“How? There are only noodles tonight.” Mia said suddenly. She guided him to the sofa. She ran awkwardly to the table and brought up the left-over noodles. “This afternoon when the cleaner came, I let her clear all the dishes.”

He looked at the dry noodles and calmly said, “That’s fine.”

Mia’s expression relaxed and turned to a smile. Her manner was fresh, innocent, and beautiful! William was lost in his thoughts and Mia was already in the kitchen.

A few minutes later, she served a large bowl to the table. It was a bowl of hot noodles with egg.

Without a thought, William walked over to the table, picked up the chopsticks, and said to her, “Let’s eat together.” Mia shook her head, blushed, and said, “No, I only cooked a bowl.”

“Get a bowl!” He brashly ordered her and Mia didn’t dare to say anything and went to take a small bowl.

William dished some noodles into her bowl until Mia signaled it was enough before he stopped. Both of them ate quietly with an awkward silence. Mia looked up to peek at him as she felt that the manner which he ate was very strange.

What should she say?

“How is your wife?” She wanted to praise Sophia but she said these instead.

William raised his head and stopped chewing. She wasn’t sure what he was thinking when he glared into her eyes. Her heart skipped a beat and wasn’t sure if she misspoke and quickly said, “I meant well and nothing else.”

He slammed the chopsticks on the table indicating his fury. William’s face tense up and his expression was cold and his looks piercing. He grabbed her wrists and twisted them to breaking point. He said coldly and emotionally, “Remember this, stay away from Sophia!”

“I... will.” She looked at his cold expression and swallowed all her explanations and answered helplessly.

William flung her hands away and walked towards the door. He opened the door and warned her, “If you dare to hurt Sophia, I let you have a fate worst then death!”

Bang!

He left and the room was quiet, so quiet that she could only hear her heart beating. Mia grabbed the chopsticks and looked at her red wrists, stupefied. He said not to hurt Sophia and what does he regard her as?

It’s tough being locked up. Every day it was waiting from sunrise to sunset. Mia felt that she was in a prison, except that this prison she could wear a gold-trimmed outer nightgown.

No freedom, like a prison. The days are without hope and makes a person very anxious. She wasn’t the type who can do nothing and laze around. The boring life made it difficult for her to breathe. So once after pleasuring William, she requested, “Can you let me do something in the office? I can do anything as long as it is not so boring. I don’t need a salary.”

William looked at her for five minutes and when she thought that it was hopeless, he unexpectedly nodded, “I will let the secretary portion some of her duties for you to do.”

Finally, she could get out of the room. Even if she is restricted to the secretary’s and his office, it was already a huge improvement.

Mia was smart and learned very fast. In half a day she was able to help to translate some daily documents and handle meeting minutes. Her life became fulfilling and meaningful. Her pale face due to the lack of sunshine was now glowing. With that smile, she didn’t need much makeup to look beautiful.

She was lively and beautiful, though she forgets to attend to him due to her work, William didn’t mind it at all. He felt that he really liked her happy go lucky manner.

The secretary gave him a few documents and praised Mia, “Miss Charles is a quick learner. What will normally take a week to learn she could do it within a day. She is detailed and thorough, it is fantastic.”

The fast-moving pen stopped, his eyes turned to the newly positioned assistant’s desk. Mia was smiling as she typed out a document. Her fingers were dancing on the keyboard and her long lashes flickered. It was like two dancing butterflies. Her eyes were fixated on the monitor concentrating on her work as if nothing around her can distract her.