Chapter 21 - Hotpot

Zhang Lili was in her car on the way to Ethan Lee's office, She knew he mostly worked till late hours So she brought him food. Trying to get into his good books, perhaps his bed too.

Zhang Lili dreamt of becoming Mrs.Lee when she first saw Ethan at a business banquet 3 years ago. And has been persistently trying to win his affection.

On the traffic light ahead Zhang Lili spotted Ethan's car, She looked around and saw him walking to his car with flowers in his hand. Surprised by the sight Zhang Lili frowned and told the driver to follow the car.

Upon closer inspection she found Ethan driving the car himself and his driver wasn't there with nor assistant Chen was in sight.

Perplexed she called assistant Chen whose number she got from her father Zhang Hongmin.

Assistant Chen was in the office wrapping things for Ethan when his phone rang, looking at the caller id he frowned, "Why is this witch calling me again!"

"Hello, Miss Zhang, How may I help you?", Chen asked in a polite manner.

"Is Ethan at office? I wanted to deliver his meal, Tell him to wait for", before she could finish "me!", Assistant Chen spoke crashing her dreams.

"Miss Zhang, Boss is not here at the office. He had some important matters to attend to. So you don't have to worry yourself. If there's nothing else, then good evening", Chen spoke in an overly excited voice.

After speaking to Assistant Chen Zhang Lili found her spirits dampen and stared at the car ahead.

Lili was stunned when she saw Ethan heading into a local hotpot restaurant and followed behind him keeping a safe distance.

Zhang Lili felt her blood boil when she saw the table Ethan was walking to, the person sitting at the table made Zhang Lili's face contort in anger. "How can this happen", Lili asked herself.

Ethan walked to the table where Sera was sitting, his lips curled into a faint and distant smile.

Sera looked at him and smiled politely while recieving the flowers from him. She looked at the flowers in her hand, confusion in her eyes.

Zhang Lili who was watching all this with her red eyes felt her chest aching.

The scene ahead looked so harmonious to her that her rage flew into intense jealousy. She hurriedly took out her phone from her purse and called a number.

She looked at Sera with a sinister look in her eyes and clenched her fists.

"Hi, I'm Ethan. Sorry to keep you waiting Miss. Seraphina Lu", Ethan spoke in a business like manner.

"It's okay Mr.Lee", Sera spoke fumbling and looking for more words to say.

"Did you order something? Actually I was surprised when you chose this local restaurant instead of a five star fine dining restaurant", Ethan tried to start a conversation chuckling softly, after seeing Sera's discomfort clearly on her face.

"Oh! Yeah, We should order now", baffled by the sudden question Sera laughed awkwardly.

"What would you like to order. This restaurant is popular for its hotpot", Ethan spoke in a calm voice.

"Huh! Oh okay. Hotpot it is then", Sera said her face mimicking a silly smile.

Seeing her expression Ethan laughed softly making Sera scrunch her eyebrows in confusion. Which further made Ethan laugh hard. Thinking that Sera might misunderstand him he hurriedly apologized and spoke,

"I'm sorry, Actually I used to come here all the time with my friends when I wasn't a CEO yet", explained Ethan.

"Oh! It's okay. Madam Lee told me about your interests in art and paintings, Actually I'm planning to open my own Art gallery here in C Country. She told me that you can perhaps help me..", Sera trailed while looking at Ethan's face and his expressions which were hard to read.

"Let's talk business later, first enjoy the food", Ethan spoke in a deep voice making Sera's heart flutter. Looking at his face Sera just nodded her head and ate in silence.

Ethan was looking at Sera, She was quite beautiful her face was clean with very light makeup, he could tell she didn't try hard to impress him unlike those cake faced bimbos around him.

Her hair soft tied in a loose ponytail with a few strands of hair framing her perfect face, enhancing its beauty.

Her eyes were clear and bright, deep black. Her cheeks were flushed in a light shade of pink from the spicy hotpot, her lips tainted in red looking alluring with the soup at the corner of her lips.

Ethan involuntarily lifted his hand and wiped the corner of her lips with his fingers, Sera jerked at the sudden touch and looked at him with a befuddled look in her eyes.

Ethan hurriedly retracted his hand and looked down with confusion in his own eyes, his head in a disarray.

Feeling awkward Sera excused herself and went to the washroom at the restaurant.

Reaching there she looked at herself in the mirror and realized that Ethan was just helping her and he wasn't some pervert that she thought he was.

Feeling extremely embarrassed about her own thoughts Sera shook her head. Sighing in relief Sera wiped her little messy mouth with tissues and thought about something, "He could have told me or perhaps used a tissue" Shrugging, Sera walked out of the washroom.