Even though he asked me to stay beside him to help him out, I did not even have the chance to touch the ingredients.
He made three dishes and a stew. After he was done cooking, I helped him carry the dishes out of the kitchen.
"Eat up. I'll bring you out for a walk after dinner. It'll be good for your health." Matthew handed me a spoon.
I nodded my head and did not reject him. I began to eat after I took the spoon.
Matthew was pretty good at cooking. I finished a bowl of rice, and I was not feeling nauseous at all.
Matthew was satisfied. He was obviously in a good mood. "If I knew you'd like my cooking, I would’ve started cooking for you sooner. You wouldn’t have wasted so much food then."
Sometimes, he had a sharp tongue. I was used to it, so I stared at him but did not retort.
After dinner, Matthew smiled faintly and said, “Leave them be. Someone’s coming to clean up later. There's strawberry mousse in the fridge. You love that. I'll get people to regularly buy it for you."
I was full after having dinner, so I could not eat any
desserts. I opened the fridge and saw there was a plate of grapes. I took it out.
Matthew came over. "They’ve already been washed. You can eat them right away."
Was he that attentive?
I lifted my head, looked at him, and teased him. "You had a girlfriend before this, didn't you?"
If it were not because a man had a girlfriend in the past, he would not have learned how to be so attentive.
"No, I never had one." Matthew gave me a meaningful look. "But I did a simulation before."
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