The Enticing CEO's Chosen Bride novel Chapter 2006

Idle chatter filled the air as Seth and Cicely made their way home. They touched upon various trivial matters before realizing they had arrived at their doorstep.

"Go take a shower. I'll whip up some pasta for you," Seth suggested as they entered their cozy apartment.

Cicely chuckled. "How'd you know I haven't eaten much tonight?"

"Did the last food poisoning episode not teach you anything?" Seth retorted with a knowing look.

Indeed, she had learned her lesson well.

The memory of being rushed to the hospital with a terrible stomach ache was not one she would soon forget. Pain was something she feared, and hospitals were her least favorite places. So, needless to say, she avoided eating recklessly when out and about.d2

With an obedient "I see," Cicely made her way to the bedroom.

Half an hour later, she emerged to find Seth reigniting the stove. In two minutes, he had poured a hearty sauce over the perfectly cooked pasta and topped it with a boiled egg before handing the dish to her.

The flavor was delightful. Cicely's palate, refined over the years, was hard to please. But tonight, she relished every bite, unsure whether Seth's culinary skills had reached a peak of perfection or if it was simply because Seth had made it for her.

After watching her eat for a while, Seth stepped out onto the living room balcony to answer a call on his phone. "Send me the blueprints, and check the progress on the last two set designs. We need to stay on schedule with the shoot."

By the time Seth finished his call and came back, Cicely had put down her fork and knife. Noting the half-eaten plate of pasta, he asked indifferently, "Full already?"

She nodded, "Yeah, I can't eat anymore."

Seth sat across from her, pulled the plate toward himself, and started eating with her utensils.

Resting her chin on her hands, Cicely asked, "Didn't you have dinner?"

"No," was his simple reply.

She watched him in silence, not mentioning anything about the Diaz family or Patty. There was an unspoken agreement between them. If Seth didn't bring it up, she wouldn't ask. Not about their secret marriage or anything else. Only the Ellis family, themselves, and Emiliana, whom Cicely had met that evening, knew they were husband and wife. Their hidden marriage was another silent pact between them.

Perhaps Cicely had an inexplicable trust in Emiliana, or maybe it was because Seth had been called back home by Patty once agai, and she just needed an outlet for her emotions. She had never went to visit her mother-in-law after they got married, nor received any blessings from her. She even suspected Patty preferred Danielle or anyone but her. The exact reasons were unclear, but her intuition was strong.

Patty didn't know that they had got the marriage license. As for the wedding ring, Seth refused to wear it on his ring finger. Whenever he returned to the Diaz family, he was always alone. Did she have any feelings about this situation? Yes, she did.

However, she couldn't appear in front of Patty. Since Seth chose to keep it a secret, he must have his reasons. If Patty was another kind of obstacle, she couldn't provoke it, so she timidly hid herself and avoided causing any trouble.

She just wanted to be with him peacefully, to stay in their own little world of just the two of them, without any third person interfering. Things were fine as they were. She didn't want to disrupt their harmonious relationship.

It seemed that she had never analyzed a situation in such detail before.

After Seth finished the pasta, he gazed at her and suggested, "Instead of watching me eat, you should've gone to take a shower."