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“What is the essence of eating if I am still going to vomit it?” She threw back the question and laid on the bed. “ I am tired, I want to sleep ”
She sulks her lips and glances at the man who seemed annoyed.

“Get up, let us go ” Ray lifted her from the bed with his arms and carried her to the kitchen. He carefully drops her on the dining table and rests her head on the chair.

“What are you doing?” Her senses sparked up as she guarded her chest. His sudden action amazed her.

“Making something for you ”

“For me?” Her brows raised. She did not know the big boss could cook!

“Are you doubting my kitchen abilities?” His voice answered her mind.

“I never said that, and besides I am not hungry!” She stands up to leave when he pushes her shoulders down on the chair.

“If you are gonna starve to death then do not let the baby do so ” Ray shot her a chilly glare and she had no choice but to submit to his request.

“Fine ” Her answer made him pat her hair. He walked to the counter and raised it.

“What do you want to eat?”

“Maybe a smoothie? Or sandwiches!” Her eyes glowed. She loved eating any of these two as lunch.

“Is that what you eat every day for lunch?” He glanced at her as he opened the fridge.

“Yes and let me tell you, it is hundred percent tasty ” She blushed and held her stomach. “But because of the health of the baby, I have only had milk and other nutritional foods. ”
Her words made him pause. Was she trying to blame her lack of appetite on the baby?

“What did I say?” Alexa asked when she felt a chilly aura from the kitchen.

“Just stay quiet and let the food be done. ” He put on an apron and started chopping onions.

~Twenty Minutes Later~

“Here you go ” He dished out the sandwich with bacon on the plate and handed it over to her. She stared at the magnificent dish and her tummy growled.

“I don't want to eat ” She refused when another thought came to her head. What if it tasted like garbage? What if it is poisoned?
She could not take any risk eating that food. Though her stomach grumbled violently, she had to be cautious.
She peeked at the food once more and the person who had prepared it.

“Why do you keep looking at the food like it is poisoned?”
Geez! Why was he so blunt with his words! Alexa cursed in her mind and cleared her throat.

“Who knows?” She picked up her cutlery and poked the sandwich just in case it turns into a human or an animal.
She sighed a sigh of relief and picked up the bacon. She peeped at him once more and took a bit out of it.

“Hmmm, this is yummy ” She raised a thumb for him and kept on eating.
Never did she know he could cook! He could not just cook but cook wonderfully. She took a bite of a sandwich and groaned in enjoyment.

“Have you ever thought of opening a restaurant? Or joining a cooking contest?” She kept complimenting him as she took into her mouth the last bite of the sandwich. She never knew rich kids had this talent of cookery.
Ray smiled at her compliment. He had never tried to cook for anyone except his Grandma and that was only once when she lived with him.
He hid his talent in cuisine when his mother forced him to take a business class but hearing Alexa's praising him, he reconsidered the thought.

“Is it that good? ” He asked her.

“It is fantastic!” Alexa smiled. Ray got up to clear the table.

“If not your father had this unimaginable talent at cooking, you would have starved to death already!” She mumbled under her breath and caressed her stomach. She knew she was crazy for talking to an unborn child yet she could not help it.
After clearing the used plates and cutleries, he helped Alexa to the couch.

“I am not crippled!”
He turned on the 40 inches television and gave the remote to her. She picked the remote up but halted when her phone rang.

“Alexa!”

“Valerie?” She turned off the speaker when Valerie's voice echoed in the room. She slapped herself when the room became awkward. “That is my friend.”
Ray shook his head and permitted her to answer the phone.

“Where have you been, girlfriend! I am so bored!” She whined. They had been apart for two and a half weeks.
Valerie felt that Alexa was hiding something from her but did not want to stress it.