Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley) novel Chapter 820

In the face of Howard's sudden confession, Elaine was stunned for quite some time before turning around and walking away.

Howard was speechless.

He was being all serious earlier, but it scared her away.

Just when Howard was about to chase after her to ask for clarification, Ronan appeared out of nowhere and stopped him. "It's good to strike while the iron is hot, but you shouldn't appear too desperate when it comes to girls. Otherwise, you'll stress them out and make things worse."

Howard paused and stopped in his tracks. "Grandpa, I didn't know you're a ladies' man!"

Glaring at him, Ronan mocked, "I'm worried about you because you have such a bad reputation. Which woman wants to fall in love with a playboy?"

Let alone an introvert like Elaine. She would never take the risk to date Howard.

Upon listening to Ronan's words, Howard kept silent.

His grandpa was right, but if he had known that a girl named Elaine would appear in his life, he would have restrained himself more in the past.

However, there was no point in regretting it now.

The next day.

Elaine went downstairs and realized that Howard was still at home. Surprised, she asked, "Dr. Perkins, don't you need to go to the hospital today?"

Shaking his head, Howard answered, "No. I took a few days off."

"Oh, I see."

Elaine nodded.

Howard beckoned her to come over and said, "Come try this. I made breakfast."

Elaine was impressed. "Dr. Perkins, I thought you didn't know how to cook?"

"I just taught myself recently. I'm quite free these days anyway, so I thought it's not bad to learn some cooking." Howard handed her a fork. "Try it."

Taking the fork, Elaine took a bite of the food.

"How is it? Does it taste good?" Howard hurriedly asked.

A dry smile spread across her face. "It's... It's not bad."

Upon hearing her answer, Howard went speechless.

"Since it's not bad, why do you look like you just ate sh*t?"

Elaine laughed. "Ew! Dr. Perkins, you are so disgusting!"

"Hmph!"

Right at that moment, Ronan came out of his bedroom and saw them standing around the dining table. Curious, he asked, "What's the matter? Howard, why are you not at work?"

"Grandpa, Dr. Perkins said he took a few days off, so he doesn't have to go to the hospital for the next few days." Immediately, Elaine walked up to help Ronan.

Frowning, Ronan asked again, "How many days did you take off?"

"About a week." Howard replied dully.

"Why did you take so many days off?" Ronan was surprised as he had never seen Howard take such a long break before.

It seemed like Howard did not want to talk too much about it. "I'm one of the top ten employees in the hospital. The director is kind enough to let me take some time off and get some rest. Why should I reject his offer?"

"But..." "Grandpa, you haven't had breakfast yet, right? Do you want to try my cooking?" Chuckling, Howard handed Ronan the fork in his hand.

"You made breakfast?" Ronan was astonished. Glancing at the poorly- presented food, he said happily, "This is great. My grandson is all grown up now. He even knows how to cook for his grandpa. That is amazing!"

Howard cleared his throat awkwardly.

Silently, the butler, who was standing next to Ronan, added, "Mr. Perkins, Mr. Howard said these are for Miss Jacob. You must be thinking too much."

Ronan went speechless.

So did Elaine.

Howard remained silent as well.

That statement caught all of them off guard.

After taking only a bite, Ronan spat out the food mercilessly. "My dear grandson, you should stop cooking. Maya can cook you anything you want. Don't waste food, you know?"

Elaine burst out laughing.