I Only Want You novel Chapter 23

Elizabeth's face turned pale as she shouted furiously, "Did you not hear me? F*ck off?!"

"What? Did you?" Theodore looked at her with a disgusted expression, then immediately grabbed her chin violently. "Don't gloat over f*cking James Lu, Elizabeth, you're still nothing to him, you're just his toy!"

"Was tonight not exciting enough for you, Master Chao? Is that why you're looking for trouble?" James Lu, who had seemingly appeared out of nowhere, spoke calmly to Theodore, but his eyes were hostile.

"James!" In Elizabeth's eyes, he looked like a shining knight.

Theodore had no idea that James had followed him, and while he was in a daze Elizabeth gave him a forceful push. He stumbled two steps backwards before barely steadying himself.

James walked to Elizabeth. "Are you okay?"

Elizabeth nodded.

"You call this okay?" He looked at the bruises on her shoulders that were Theodore's making, and his eyes darkened.

"Theodore Chao, I had thought that we would not interfere with each other's affairs, but that is not the case anymore. I could forgive you for messing with my cake, but... you shouldn't have messed with the woman who's mine. Who do you think you are?"

They left the bathroom, leaving behind Theodore who looked dead inside. They did not go back to the private room. James took Elizabeth away from the Grand Dynasty Hotel.

"Aren't we going back?"

"What for?"

"You didn't eat anything." He hadn't taken a single bite since the food arrived.

"I don't want to do that anymore! Let's go."

While waiting for the elevator, James glanced at Elizabeth beside him, took off his suit jacket and draped it over her, then pulled the jacket closed.

Surprised, Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat. She looked at him dumbly.

"Ahem..." He coughed softly. "It's cold outside. Put it

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on.

It was almost June, how could it be cold?

Elizabeth thought, but she did not resist. It did make her a little uncomfortable that the dress was so revealing, and she still couldn't forget what Theodore said to her. She felt much better with his clothes on.

"Thank you," she said sincerely.

"I just don't want you to freeze to death, don't make anything out of it!" After saying that, he couldn't help but mutter quietly, "What a sh*tty dress, doesn't cover anything, I hate it!" "You're... staying today?"

Elizabeth Liang was surprised to see James Lu follow her into the house and change into slippers.

James looked at her grumpily. "This is my house!" Then he headed to the living room with a petulant expression.

Did this mean that he wasn't angry anymore? Elizabeth wondered in glee.

She followed him hurriedly and said, "I'll cook something right away, just wait for a while." James didn't eat anything tonight, he must be starving.

She turned around and rushed upstairs. Two minutes later, she came downstairs wearing a set of comfortable loungewear.

James turned on the TV as he watched Elizabeth bustle about. Soon after, he heard the rumbling of the kitchen ventilator.

Elizabeth busied herself in the kitchen. She made two simple dishes and a soup with the few ingredients left in the fridge — shredded pork with garlic sauce, vinegar cabbage, and seaweed soup.

Twenty minutes later, James looked at the dinner table with a dissatisfied expression. "If I recall correctly I believe that you had a full banquet tonight, but THIS is what you're serving me instead? Really?"

He was pleased to have bullied Theodore Chao, but he wasn't interested in the food.

James supposed that Theodore had become his "rival" in a sense. He found it hard to swallow food paid for by a rival. He walked around with an empty stomach from midday to ten o'clock at night, and this is how she repays him?

"This was all we have at home. I'll go and shop for something you like tomorrow, so just bear with this today okay? Please?" She said as sweetly as possible.

Elizabeth had no money to spend while living on her own. In the past few days, she had to borrow money from Evelyn Wu to afford groceries. She didn't ask for much, even though she had no idea how long this would go on for. She was very careful with her budget, prioritizing James's meal while only making a simple stir-fry or bowl of noodles for herself.

"Hmph!" Seeing her amenable attitude and the rather tasty- looking dishes, he decided to very reluctantly make do with them just for this once.

"Um..." Seeing that James has dug in, Elizabeth sat across from him. "Do you mind if I discuss something with you?"

James couldn't even bother to look up and reply. He just nodded slightly.

"Today's Friday, so I'd like to go back to school next week, is that okay with you?" She hasn't gone to school in over a week, and now that exams were coming up, Evelyn called her twice almost every day telling her to hurry.