Chapter 17 Eat With Him
"Why?" He frowned as if she were asking a stupid question, "Miss Johnson, do you think that the president of Wanying Group would abuse the transaction partner?"
Is this telling her that, although she doesn't get paid, she will be provided with food?
"I didn't..." She was speechless. She wanted to ask, didn't the contract specify that she should be responsible for Ziyan's meals? Why should she be responsible for his meals as well?
"Or does Miss Johnson think that it is easier to cook for one person?" He said coldly.
Lilly then realized that it was really difficult to cook for one person. No matter what, it would be too much, and it would be wasted.
He walked upstairs after he finished speaking. Halfway up, he suddenly turned around, put his hand on the handrail, and said slowly, "After lunch, you can stay here until dinner time. After dinner, I will take you home."
"No, no, I have classes in the afternoon..." Lilly's first reaction was to refuse. If she were alone with him for such a long time every day, it would be difficult for her to guarantee that she would not break the rules!
He raised the corner of his lips coldly and said sarcastically, "With Miss Johnson's intelligence, it shouldn't be a problem to make a perfect sign-in sheet, right?"
Lilly was speechless again. When she was studying at the Conservatory of Music in Provence, she was one of the best musicians. The musical talent inherited from her father made her able to handle all subjects with ease when she returned to the city and studied for a master's degree at Huayin.
What's more, she had the help of her good friend Yulia, a woman with an extraordinary family background in the City.
Lilly's expression began to become hesitant. According to the contract, she had to cook two meals a day. She originally thought that she only needed to come here before mealtime to cook, but she ignored the distance problem.
Now she knew that his villa was not close to Huayin. It was tiring to run back and forth like this.
He did not give her a second chance to refuse. After asking the maid to familiarize herself with the kitchen environment, he went upstairs and locked himself in the study.
Lilly is in charge of the cooking, and the maid is just helping out by the side, at most washing vegetables, passing dishes and sauces, etc.
After just two hours of getting along, the maid has a new look at this seemingly weak girl who can't carry anything on her shoulders or lift anything with her hands. She thinks that this girl is not only skilled in cooking but also not as arrogant as the children of rich families.
"Girl, tell me honestly, what is your relationship with Mr. White?" Lilly had just finished pouring cooking wine into the pot when, maid came over and asked quietly. As expected, as long as a woman is a gossip, no woman does not gossip...
Lilly's mouth twitched, and she blinked, and replied, "Mr. White said, I am a chef, and he hired a chef, that's the relationship."
"Hey, you are not being polite to me. I have heard of Johnson's Enterprise. You are a young lady and are coming to be a chef for Mr. White. Is it right for Mr. White..." she winked and said, "Is it so interesting? Do you plan to capture his stomach first, and then capture his heart?"
"No, it's not, please don't say anything, it will be troublesome if Mr. White's girlfriend hears it." Lilly was afraid that she would misunderstand, so she hurriedly explained, lest it be heard by Ziyan, and it would be a sin to make the couple unhappy.
"Hey?" She heard her say this, her eyes rolled, and she sighed, "Are you talking about Zyan?"
"What?" Lilly didn't react for a while.
"It's Miss Ziyan, the adopted daughter of Mr. White. Mr. White asked me to call her Miss." Maid, couldn't stop talking.
"I think there is a problem. This adopted daughter is not related by blood. The age difference between the two is only about ten years, which is not a big obstacle. A single man and a single woman living together, no one would believe it if you say there is no problem..."
"Really... So they... still live together..." Lilly murmured in a low voice. When she was in Provence, she knew that Ethan and Ziyan lived together. Ethan's long-time friend died unexpectedly, leaving behind an 11-year-old daughter entrusted to him, so he became Ziyan's guardian, that is, the nominal adoptive father.
When she and Ziyan met before, Lilly knew that they lived together, but Ziyan was underage, so she didn't think there was anything wrong at the time. But she didn't expect that Ziyan, who turned 18 last year, had been living with Ethan White.
Lilly felt a pang in her heart, but then she thought of the scene she saw a year ago... That's right, in this era, it is very common for people to fall in love with each other and then live together, so there is nothing to be surprised about.
Maid was nagging at the side and was saying with regret, "Actually, you are more to my taste, not as arrogant as Zyan, what a pity... So you don't have that heart for Mr. White?"
Lilly took a deep breath, ignored the pain that was crushing her heart, and said with a smile, "Yes, I don't."
Maid's pair of weathered eyes shot out a gleam, staring straight at her, "Girl, I don't think you are telling the truth."
Lilly felt guilty for a while, and laughed and said, "you are overthinking, I am telling the truth, the truth of the world."
After that, she turned off the fire, shoveled the cooked roast chicken into the plate, waited for maid, to take it, put it on the dining table outside, and then shouted to maid, "I'll go call Mr. White to eat", and then ran upstairs like escaping.
Lilly came to the second floor and knocked on the door of the study room. Seeing that no one answered, she tried to turn the doorknob. As a result, it opened. She walked in without thinking much and whispered, "Mr. White, lunch is ready."
"Mr. White?"