His Dangerous Love

Chapter 66 What's Going on under the Table

Chapter 66 What's Going on under the Table

Fortunately, Asher had indeed told Joyce that he would come over to help Jefferson, so he accepted this explanation.

"Well, you should have given me a heads-up before coming over."

Elianna glanced at Jefferson and replied while suppressing her anger, "I was concerned that you and Mr. Larsen might get too busy to have lunch, so I thought I'd bring some dishes over. If I have disturbed your work, I can leave now."

"Stay right there."

Jefferson said calmly.

Hearing that, Asher dared not say anything else.

Jefferson lazily sat up from the lounge chair and added, "Since Anna has brought us lunch, you might as well stay." Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

As their eyes met, one looked irritated, while the other was amused.

"Well, thank you for understanding, Jeff."

Asher didn't notice the subtle tension between the two. He ingratiated himself with Jefferson and, in contrast, ordered Elianna around.

"Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and set the dishes on the table."

Elianna had packed four dishes and a soup. As soon as she opened the packaging, Asher, who had been hungry all morning, immediately felt his mouth watering.

However, his face quickly turned sour when he saw the dishes.

Not only were they not what he liked to eat, but two of them also had ingredients he disliked.

"Why did you choose these dishes? I..."

"The taste is quite good."

Jefferson words silenced Asher. He didn't dare to comment further and began to eat the steak.

Elianna had yet to have lunch herself, but at that moment, she assumed it was just her and Jefferson. She only ordered two steak.

Afraid that she might raise Asher's suspicion, she didn't say that the steak was bought for herself. She sat on the nearby sofa and looked at what could barely count as an office.

The room's decoration shared the same style of Eclipse, and with desks and computers, it barely qualified as an office.

Asher started coughing.

As Asher ate, he was choked by the spicy chili and began to cough incessantly while covering his mouth in pain.

"Elianna! Hand me some tissues!"

They didn't have a dining table, so they was eating at the office desk.

Jefferson was sitting in the executive's chair, while Asher had fetched another chair and sit across from him.

Elianna stood up and walked around. Tissues were within Jefferson's reach, but they were closer to his side, and he showed no intention of passing them to her.

So, she had to walk over to fetch them.

As she walked to the executive's chair, Jefferson acted as if he hadn't noticed her and was till enjoying his meal.

Seeing that he didn't plan to move aside, Elianna had to reach for the tissues herself.

As she stretched and reached for the tissues, she suddenly felt his hand on her leg.

Elianna's body stiffened instantly, and she glanced over at Asher.

Asher's face had turned red from coughing and sneezing. He didn't notice what was going on under the table.

Seeing Elianna was dawdling, he coughed and said impatiently, "Why are you wasting your time? Is it really that hard to fetch tissues?"

As he spoke, Jefferson became even bolder, and his hand on her leg began pinching and rubbing at times, which sent shivers down her spine.

Elianna dared not show her discomfort. She suppressed her annoyance of being touched by him beneath the table and, leaning over Jefferson, reached for the tissues and handed them to Asher.

But just as she was about to walk away from this uncomfortable situation, Jefferson bumped her with his knee.

Caught off guard, Elianna whose legs were already shaky lost her balance and was about to fall to the ground.

Just when she thought she was about to tumble, a strong and steady hand supported her... right on her bottom.

Elianna's face turned red instantly, and she hastily got up.

She was feeling embarrassed and annoyed.

However, Jefferson kindly reminded her, "Take care, Anna."

Asher, who was wiping his nose and eyes with tissues, thought that Jefferson had merely helped Elianna but hadn't noticed where he put his hand.

He found Elianna embarrassing and scolded her, "Don't make a fool of yourself. Just get out of here."