"It's none of your business!"
"Fine!" Elroye curled his lips, "I won't talk about it anymore, okay?"
"Get out!"
"I haven't asked you my question yet. I won't go out! I came back to ask you specially, because I couldn't get through to you."
Chloe was not interested in anything. She only wanted Elroye to leave as soon as possible, "Ask your question immediately and then get out!"
Although Elroye was mentally- prepared, he hesitated for a moment when he heard Chloe's words.
He scratched his hair and coughed a little shyly, "Well... Chloe, what does it feel to like someone? Or you can tell me how you feel about Issac."
Chloe frowned. Staring at Elroye, she asked, "Do you have someone you like?"
"Ahem!" Elroye coughed loudly, "I'm asking you. Tell me quickly!"
Chloe grew up with Elroye and they were sister and brother. Although Elroye did not want to tell her directly, she could guess what he was thinking. "Tell me how you feel about her first."
"Me?" Elroye rubbed his nose. Just as he was about to say it, he changed his mind and said anxiously, "Chloe, I'm asking you. If I really understand, why would I ask you?"
Looking at the anxious and awkward expression that had never appeared on Elroye's face, Chloe was lost in thought. Then she whispered, "Perhaps... when you see her, you feel everything is good and you will be happy no matter what you do. When you can't see her, you will miss her. When you see her, you still miss her. You want to have her completely and share all her joy and sorrow with her. You don't care about how much you've done for her and her family background. When she is good to you, you feel that you have got the whole world. If she is bad to you, you will feel frustrated and powerless."
After she said these words, her heart was in great pain. What she said was all about her feelings for Isaac. This was how she felt about Issac in such a long period of time.
Elroye listened to her very seriously. After a long while, he frowned and nodded, "I see."
Chloe came to sense and asked Elroye, "What kind of person she is?"
Elroye thought for a while before answering, "She? She's a weirdo. She's so skinny and looks undernourished. Sometimes, I think she's easy to bully. Sometimes, she even roars at me fiercely."
Chloe raised her eyebrows, "She even dares to roar at you?"
Elroye felt a little awkward and coughed twice, "Oh, not everyone likes me, right? Chloe, I'm not sure if I like her. However, I think that I like her. At first, I thought that the food she cooked was delicious, and then I thought that it was funny to tease her. She should know that I'm very rich, but she isn't like the people in our circle. She doesn't flatter me. Instead, she thinks that I'm annoying, so she always doesn't want to talk to me." "I... think she is very beautiful when she smiles. Sometimes when she loses her temper at me, she looks so cute and I can't help but want to bully her again."
"However, later, she cried. I..." Elroye licked his lip, "I was very anxious. Although I didn't know why she cried, maybe it was because I bullied her. But when I saw her like that, I blamed myself and felt that I shouldn't have treated her like that."
"Chloe... tell me. Do I... like her?"
Hearing this, Chloe asked, "Isn't she someone in our circle?"
"No." Elroye shook his head.
His fingers were slender and white, and he was very skilled at cutting the fish. She used to like this dish very much. It was sour and sweet, and the fish was golden and beautiful.
Adele thought, "When he used to be a doctor, he had excellent medical skills. Now, he is no longer a doctor, but can even use knives so flexibly."
She stood by and watched him cook silently. Time passed by slowly, and both of them didn't speak. Putting aside all the unhappiness and dissatisfaction, she felt that she was living a peaceful life.
Adele smiled and looked at his face.
His expression was extremely serious. Three years would have passed by, and the outline of his face seemed to have become a bit tougher. He seemed to be maturer, steadier, and more charming. Of course, if he didn't force her like this.
Looking at him, she suddenly stopped smiling, and her eyes became a little cold.
Three years ago, he... was also like this. He said to her indifferently that she should abort the child and she shouldn't have got pregnant. Later, in the hospital, he didn't even say anything to comfort her. He prepared the surgical equipment while saying with aloofness, "Don't worry. It will be over soon."
She looked at the fish on the chopping board. Wasn't she the same as the fish at that time? However, she was not dead at that time, and she could struggle with all her strength.
After several years, she came back here again. She had experienced so many painful days, but he cooked the fish for her as if nothing had happened...
Issac paused and looked over, as if he had noticed that someone was looking at him. When he saw Adele standing there silently, he smiled, "Wait for a while. The lunch will be ready soon. Okay?"
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