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Chapter 48
Chapter 48
Chapter 48 Samuel always ate at irregular timings. On top of that, he was also very picky with his food. Even Madam Langford couldn’t coax into getting rid of his bad habits. Yet for some reason, he found himself getting interested in tasting the food Tina made. “Sure,” Samuel grunted curtly, his tone grumpy. He purposefully made it sound like he was forced to do it.
Tina rolled her eyes. It was a shame she didn’t have poison right now. Looking at the condiments beside the table, she had the urge to flood the whole thing with soy sauce.
Despite her evil desires, Tina still couldn’t bring herself to waste food. At the end of the day, delicious food was still served.
Samuel had tasted Tina’s home-cooked food twice. Once was when she was at the hospital ward to visit his grandmother, and the second time was when she made supper for his grandmother. Tina looked at him nervously. “How is it?”
She was confident in her culinary skills, but she was still fearful when presenting her food to the hatefully overbearing president. “Surprisingly, it tastes good. I hate to admit it, but you have talent,” Samuel said with a casual tone, though his words were insulting. He didn’t dig deep into the details, there was no doubt that he was still praising her in a way.
“Really?” Tina was joyful. “Eat more!” Samuel frowned when he saw her proud look. ‘Why’s she so happy over a small praise? I thought she’s a scheming woman who won’t show her true colors easily.’
Tina noticed his questioning stare, but she chose to turn a blind eye to it.
After they finished eating, Tina moved to clean the dishes. However, Samuel stopped her.” Leave it there. The cleaners will take care of it tomorrow morning.”
“I can wash them by myself,” Tina said. She was slightly moved by his unexpected show of thoughtfulness. Samuel cut her off with a grunt. “The cutlery’s expensive. I doubt you can pay for it if you
break them.”
Instantly, Tina retracted her hands. ‘I should’ve known better! Someone as evil-hearted as Samuel will never think about the wellbeing of others.’
“I have matters to attend to tomorrow morning. You should head to the hospital first. I’ll join you later.”
“Alright,” Tina agreed. Samuel turned to leave after that. Tina returned to her room, and promptly fell into a deep slumber as her hunger had been satiated.
The next morning after washing up, she thought about hailing a taxi to visit Madam Langford. Just as she was about to leave, a car unexpectedly drove past the gates of the house and entered the residence.
At first, Tina wondered if Samuel had arranged for someone to pick her up. When the car window was rolled down, however, she couldn’t believe her eyes.
“Mr. Carter! Why are you here?”
Upon seeing Tina, John was certain that she was Samuel’s lover of sorts. In a gentle tone, John asked, “Is Mr. Langford at home? I can’t seem to find him at the company.”
Only then did Tina remember that the two were business partners. It wouldn’t be surprising for John to come here.
“He’s not at home right now. He said he had something to attend to this morning.”
“Oh, really?” John didn’t seem to care about that and added, “Where are you going? I’ll send you there.”
Tina waved her hand to dismiss him. “It’s alright. I have to go to the hospital. I’ll just call for a
taxi.”
“Get in.I’m heading to the hospital as well.”
Tina couldn’t bring herself to reject his offer and ended up getting in the car. While they were on the way to the hospital, a thought struck her.
“Excuse me, Mr. Carter? I’ve washed your suit, but I’ve forgotten to bring it out just now.”
“Don’t worry about it. Here, this is my card with my assistant’s number on it. Just call my assistant when you’re free. He’ll head over to collect it from you.”
“Okay.” Tina reached for the name card and kept it in her pocket. All of a sudden, John thought about something and began, “Right, I almost forgot…”