For personal and professional reasons, Duncan could not tell Lily to get out.
“I guess you must not have breakfast yet, Duncan.”
Lily drew close with a smile and put the food containers on Duncan’s desk. “Mrs. Lewis told me to bring them to you. She said you often sleep late and wake up late, so you don’t have time to eat. Mrs. Lewis told me to bring you breakfast when she found out that I was going to meet you.
“I was driving behind you just now. I saw you going to a diner called All You Can Eat. Do you usually have breakfast there?”
She should try the food there sometime. Was the food that good?
Lily wondered whether Duncan was at the diner for the food or the operator.
“Ms. Harmon, my schedule is full for the day, so I don’t have time to discuss a partnership today. I need to get to a meeting in a minute.”
“I’ll book a time with the secretary later. We can talk business when you have time. What time is your meeting?”
“Nine o’clock.”
Lily looked at the time. Ten more minutes to go.
Curling her lips, she opened the lids of the food containers and put the food right in front of Duncan one by one.
“Ten minutes should be enough for you to finish the food. Better eat up. This is Mrs. Lewis’s love for you. Don’t turn down her loving gesture.”
Lily made the food herself.
Nevertheless, she did not mention she was the chef. Instead, she put it vaguely that Mrs. Lewis had the breakfast delivered to him.
Since she talked about a mother’s love, and Duncan was hungry, he gladly accepted the food and ravished the meal in mere minutes.
“Do we have a new chef at home?”
Putting down the cutleries, Duncan pulled out a napkin and wiped his mouth.
Lily poured him a glass of water.
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