Chapter 7: Zephyrine in an awkward situation
Kendrick prepared pasta and chicken. The smell filled the whole kitchen. Zephyrine couldn't wait to eat it. It looked so delicious. They served each other.
The first bite was breathtaking, Zephyrine didn't stop the food until she ate everything on the plate. If there was more she wouldn't hesitate to eat it.
"Aren't you supposed to be watching your weight," Kendrick was amazed at how she ate. He had never seen a lady act as natural as her. All the ladies he had met were always under a cover, they always wanted to show that they were a Heiress. But hers was different, she didn't care, she ate like they had known they knew each other for a long time.
"Don't worry, I won't get fat." She yawned. Zephyrine understood what he meant by that. While she was with Nathaniel, Nathaniel always told her not to eat too much, because he hates fat people.
"You should go to sleep, tomorrow is going to be a long day." He advised but Zephyrine shook her head.
"I will wait for you,"
Kendrick stopped eating and took both dishes to the kitchen. He washed the plate only to come back and see that Zephyrine had gone to the bedroom. He was speechless, he stopped eating because she said she would wait for him, what an interesting lady he married. He quietly walked to the bedroom, he opened the door gently so that he wouldn't wake her up.
She lay on the bed with the quilt covering most of her body but he saw that she was still wearing the same clothes. She must have thought that there were no clothes to change into. He would just leave her to rest.
He had piles of work to attend to, so he went into the study room that was inside the bedroom. It was when it was about daybreak that Kendrick slept. Although he was feeling sleepy, he pushed himself to work.
When Zephyrine woke up, she saw Kendrick beside her sleeping soundly. His face was so clear and bright, no wrinkle of any sort. Zephyrine was drawn to caress his face not knowing that the little contact had already woken the man.
"How did I meet you?" Zephyrine talked to herself silently. "I hope I don't lose you. I promise to stay by your side and I hope you can do so as well, support me in my revenge against Nathaniel." She chose her words carelessly.
She was about to withdraw her hand but Kendrick caught her hand before she could. Zephyrine's eyes snapped open. She looked at Kendrick but he wasn't awake yet, so why was he holding her hand? She bit her lips and tried to carefully remove her hand from his, but she got pulled down instead.
Zephyrine's body froze when she heard the sound of a heart beating against her ear. She knew without a doubt that she was on Kendrick's chest, what was going on? The melodic sound of the heartbeat made her lose her senses. She had never heard a heart beating before.
"Are you trying to seduce me?" Kendrick asked with a hoarse voice.
Zephyrine was snapped back to reality, she tried to stand up immediately but she came in contact with Kendrick's dark eyes. Her heart skipped a few beats.
She covered her mouth and watched as the man closed his eyes as if in pain. "So sorry, I.. what should I do?" Zephyrine asked randomly not knowing what she had done. But she knew that she was the cause of the pain.
"Just go," he said through gritted teeth.
"Okay," Zephyrine jumped off the bed and scurried into the bathroom. She heaved a sigh of relief after she got into the bathroom. But then she frowned, thinking of what she had said. She hoped that he didn't hear anything. She didn't want him to doubt her reason for marrying him and she didn't want him to know that she had something with Li Wang.
Since she was in the bathroom already, she decided to take a bath. She turned and saw that all that she needed was there already. The brush, but she didn't, which was hers. Everything in the bathroom was doubled. She would just use one. She undressed and then took her bath.
After she was done, she realized that she was not with her clothes. "Do I have to go outside naked?"
Of course not naked but with a towel wrapped around her body. She was shy to go out with a towel, even though they were married but they were like total strangers to each other.
Zephyrine paced around but that's not the solution. She had no choice but to do so. She would just pretend like nobody was there.
She wrapped herself with a towel firmly, to avoid any more embarrassing situation.
She opened the bathroom door slightly and took a peek. Luckily, Kendrick was out of sight. She nodded seeing that her coast was clear then she walked out confidently. But unexpectedly, they bumped into each other and their chest hit each other, luckily Zephyrine wrapped the towel around herself firmly.
Kendrick cleared his throat, "You should go first," he tried to avoid her by turning to the other side.
Zephyrine quickly ran off to the closet, but she noticed someone's eyes on her. She groaned in the closet, why did that have to happen to her always? There was not much time to think, she needed to get dressed before she caught a cold.
She started to look through the closet, but there were no female clothes. How was she supposed to get dressed? She stomped her feet, does she have to wait for him to come back or call him to see her In a towel again?
She angrily got hold of Kendrick's shirt and wore it. Kendrick had a huge body, so the shirt was oversized, and it covered her body well. She wore it then she went back to the bedroom waiting for him.
Kendrick didn't take long, he came out of the bathroom only to see Zephyrine fuming in his shirt. He tried to control his laughter. Why did he look so small in his shirt?
Kendrick ignored her and directly went into the closet. Zephyrine rolled her eyes and followed him into the closet..
Kendrick opened his mouth to speak but he closed it back. They both stood without talking. Zephyrine was waiting for him to speak but he didn't. She shrugged her shoulders and kept quiet also.
Kendrick got impatient, "Are you sure you want to see me dress in your front?"
Zephyrine blushed and stumbled on her words, "What….you shameless man. Where are my clothes? Are you telling me that you got married without preparing clothes for her?"
Zephyrine didn't expect that when she saw what was needed in the bathroom, she thought he would have prepared everything.
Kendrick swiftly walked past her and opened a door. The inside was filled with lots of clothes for females. Both casual wear and office wear were in, but it was arranged neatly.
Zephyrine widened her eyes in shock with the lots of clothes she saw. She was really surprised.
"How many ladies have you dated?"