Avery had told her that Hayden was brilliant at work but was hardly capable of taking care of himself. Since he invested much of his energy into work, he always had servants taking care of him.
Since everyone was to spend a night in a tent for the team-building event, Avery was quite worried that Hayden might not be able to sleep or eat well.
Shelly understood Avery's concerns. People raised in wealthy families tended to be quite bad at caring for themselves.
Courtney could not cook or do any house chores either, and since Hayden grew up in a much wealthier household than Courtney, Shelly would not be surprised to discover that Hayden had little to no life skills.
Avery mentioned that Hayden could not take spices and preferred plainer food that was not overly seasoned, yet Shelly noticed that they were having barbeque.
The meal was probably to cater to the tastes of the majority of the employees, so there were not many dishes that Hayden would like.
Shelly glanced around and saw there were glasses of cocktail shrimp. She immediately put on a pair of gloves and started peeling the shell off of the shrimp.
Everyone watched her peeling the shrimp and dared not interrupt her.
Shelly peeled three shrimps in a row, and after she finished, she handed the plate to Hayden.
She remembered that Hayden loved eating shrimp, but his housekeeper at home had always peeled them before stir-frying the shrimp.
When Hayden saw the peeled shrimp that Shelly handed to him, he felt touched and could not quite resist the feeling of being treasured.
"Your mom said you don't like sour stuff, so I won't dip this in the dipping sauce," Shelly whispered.
"What else did my mom tell you?" Hayden picked up a shrimp and put it in his mouth.
The shrimp meat was sweet and tender, exactly like this moment they shared.
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