Love Contract novel Chapter 11

There wasn't a single living creature within two meters of where William and Mary sat.

Mary stared down at her food with a perplexed expression. "It looks kind of like a panda." Her lips curled into a soft smile that was directed at William. It felt strange spending time with him and having a meal.

"It means that you're precious," said William with a faint smile. He then looked down at his plate and began to eat with gusto, as if there were no one around.

Mary thought that his growing up under the proverbial spotlight made him quite different from everyone else.

"Well..." he dragged out the word. "Have some food."

"Try a piece of fish. It's delicious, the chef is great at cooking it."

"Don't just scarf the food down, enjoy it..."

"Oh! Have some porridge. It's nutritious and tastes good."

With a faint smile on his face, William picked up food attentively as if he had been bewitched. It was such a charming expression. Staring at him, Mary couldn't help but feel her resolve slipping. If he continued to smile at her like that, she'd almost definitely surrender.

"What are you looking at?" William raised his head, looking at Mary in confusion.

"Ahem..." Mary coughed awkwardly, "Nothing, I'm fine..." She coughed a few more times and glanced down at the table top. "Just fine," she said, her voice strained.

"How can you be so careless?" William's smile was replaced by a small frown as he stood up slowly.

Mary watched him with wide eyes. 'What is he going to do? !' Mary's fear locked her muscles so tightly that she couldn't move a single inch. Her heart was fluttering a mile a minute within her chest.

"I won't take it from you. Take your time," said William in a soft, gentle voice. He strode to her side and then stroked her back with a warm hand.

Mary sucked in a sharp breath and shivered. She glanced around them frantically, hoping no one was paying attention to them.

"Enough," Mary snapped in a low, vicious voice. "Enough for all this. It's caused goose bumps all over my skin."

William chuckled huskily and whispered in her ear, "Honey, already you think you can't stand it?"

At his words, Mary couldn't help but roll her eyes. She shook herself, trying to rid herself of the goose bumps and then she stood up.

"Wow... The CEO and his wife !" a feminine voice called.

While the two of them were speaking, an enchanting, elegant woman came towards them from the west. There was a delicate smile on her face, and she took small, measured steps up to William. Mary recognized her quickly. It was Andy from the Public Relations Department.

"Mr. Lan, may I sit with you?"

"Up to you," William said to Mary. He looked between the two women, snorted coldly, and turned around to sit back down.

"Mary? May I sit here?" Without a straight forward answer from William, Andy had to turn to the only other person at the table, Mary.

Mary nodded once. "Please," she muttered, gesturing to an empty seat with her chopsticks.

Andy smiled and sat beside William.

Andy could hear the whispered commentary of everyone around them, but she didn't care as she talked and laughed to her table mates.

Mary couldn't help the slightly wry smile as she looked at William out of the corner of her eye as he ate silently. She couldn't help but find it amusing that Andy's advances had been refused.

"Are you done?" asked William sharply after a while, putting down his chopsticks and looking at Mary. Both his tone and his facial expression made her nervous.

"Umm... Yes, I'm done." Mary nodded but then said, "But Andy isn't..."

"Then we should go." William interrupted as he stood up and grabbed her bicep to start dragging her out.

"Well, Andy... I guess I'm leaving now..." Mary said as she stumbled and was dragged towards the exit.

Andy sat primly in her chair, waving goodbye to Mary with a strained smile on her face.

Her knuckles were white with how hard she was gripping the spoon in her hand.

Obviously, he hated Andy. William and Mary walked silently all the way to the elevator. The moment the elevator door closed, William released Mary's arm.

Mary let out a silent sigh, used to his caustic behavior.

In fact, Andy and her were equally disliked by him she felt. "Mr. Lan, Mr. Liang is awaiting you in the office. " The moment they reached floor 32, Kevin came over.