Chapter 4

The man’s voice was as cold as an unforgiving winter. The atmosphere in the entire dining room nearly froze.

With a plop, Aunt Zelda fell straight to her knees.

Redness bloomed around her eyes. “I… I shouldn’t have said that to Madam…”

Elijah was usually calm and forgiving as though void of any form of temper. However, if someone made him angry, nobody could withstand him.

“But Sir! I didn’t mean any ill. I just didn’t want Madam to trouble herself with breakfast. It’s quite tiring…”

Elijah smiled. He lifted his head to throw a light glance in Aunt Zelda’s direction. “So… Does that give you the right to simply ruin the breakfast a newly-wedded wife made for her husband?”

Silence covered the living room for several seconds.

Elijah’s words did not just manage to shock Aunt Zelda and Aunt Leigh. Even Sally stared at him with her eyes wide open.

Elijah was… defending her?

Aunt Zelda could not stop trembling from the shock. “Didn’t… Didn’t ruin…

“We didn’t throw away the breakfast Madam made. We… Aunt Leigh and I ate them.”

The smile that played around Elijah’s lips got colder. “It looks like you’re acting like the sir of this place more than I do.”

Another plop sounded. Aunt Leigh went down on her knees too.

Aunt Zelda hastily crawled toward Sally’s legs. “Madam, please help me…

“I was sincerely concerned that you’d think lowly of our care since you’ve just arrived here. That’s why I didn’t wish for you to cook…”

Aunt Zelda was probably old enough to be Sally’s mother.

How could Sally withstand her begging like this?

Therefore, Sally pursed her lips and then, opened her mouth somewhat awkwardly, “Hu… Hubby, Aunt Zelda means well for me…”

“If you want to eat something I made, I’ll just make them again…”

Once she said that, she rose from her seat and walked into the kitchen.

As she walked around Elijah, the man grabbed her hand and pulled her into his embrace.

His unique masculine smell with a minty fragrance wafted into her nose. Sally’s face blushed bright red.

Elijah hooked onto her slim waist with his hands. With a deep voice, he said, “What did you call me?”

Sally’s face turned redder. “Hu… Hubby.”

“What kind of breakfast have you prepared for your hubby?”

“Brown sugar pie, millet porridge… And some potato side dish that I made on my own, and cucumber…”

Looking at her blushing face, Elijah smiled and gave her forehead a little peck. “Make them for me tomorrow, okay?”

Sally pursed her lips. “Then, today’s breakfast…”

He set her down. “Just eat something. You’re going to be late.”

Sally recollected her thoughts. After glancing at the time, she realized she was about to be late!

It was nearly eight!

She had a class at half-past eight!

Thus, she stuffed a few mouthfuls into her mouth and fled upstairs to change and pick up her bag.

When she was done changing and went downstairs, Aunt Zelda was nowhere to be seen. Only Aunt Leigh was left kneeling on the ground.

The man with his black silk ribbon was still sipping his milk slowly.

Hearing the sounds of her coming downstairs, the man said lightly, “I’ve arranged a driver to send you. Come home early after school.”

Sally blushed. “...Thank you.”

…

“Sir, I’ve told Aunt Zelda everything that you had me say. She should be reporting the same to the other side.”

Aunt Leigh said that slowly after watching Sally leave.

“Get up.”

Elijah switched into a more comfortable pose and leaned on his wheelchair. “There’s something I can’t figure out.

“Both you and Aunt Zelda were sent by my grandfather. Yet, how did Aunt Zelda get bought over by Uncle Daniel, but you didn’t?”

Aunt Leigh’s face paled. With another plop, she kneeled on the ground again.

“You’ve been assigned other tasks, haven’t you?”

Elijah picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth elegantly. “I won’t do anything to you for now.”