Chapter 345 - A friend’s concern (1/2)

”She is an orphan, raised in an orphanage but we met at school. She was a scholarship student, some rich people charity like that and because she was not only smart and beautiful but poor, it made her the target of all the bullies in school” he explained

”That's downright evil” she replied

He continued easily, his tone bitterly jaded ”Humans for you, so I decided to protect her but the fastest way was to fake date and here we are.”

”You're a good man, my love, I wish I knew you even then” she needed to say it, she wanted to do more, to wipe his worries away forever but she settled for smoothing the furrowed lines on his forehead.

”I think I'm better for having you now.” He replied, his eyes filled with emotions that squeezed her heart and made it impossible for her to speak without losing control of the tears lurking in her eyes.

She pressed a kiss to his lips in response before scooting back into the crook of his arms.

”She fought the idea for the longest time, charity gets her in a mood” he continued after she settled into him

”I already have a plan, I'm going to offer her a job and who knows, she just might forget about leaving” her voice was hopeful, but Yan Mei had seen the streak of independence and strength in her house guest so she knew her plans were shaky at best

”She used to work with me” he offered

”That's even better” the idea made her perk up, it had more merit than anything she was planning anyways

”Yes, I'm going to approach her on getting her job back” Lei Zhao decided,

”I'm glad,” she murmured, her voice sleep roughened

Lei Zhao hauled her even closer, pressed a kiss to her forehead, and said ”sleep, tomorrow is going to be here soon” the soothing words filled her with languid ease and in a matter of minutes, she was fast asleep.

No matter how she had casually brushed the event off or how she had told the story in a jocular manner to her husband, Yan Mei still battled a lot of anxiety about the events in the kitchen.

Enough to have her be a little hesitant to just walk into the kitchen without peeking at the activities ongoing, enough to pick the side of the breakfast table away from the chef.