Chapter 456
“Nah, the food just arrived. Theo replied
Balfour smiled, and everyone started eating without speaking any further.
Feeling cheerful, Patricia cut a piece of foie gras from her plate and held it up to Theo’s mouth with her fork, laughing as she said
“Theo, try the foie gras here I find it much better than the one we had overseas. It’s so tender and just melts in your mouth”
“Thanks, but no need” Theo replied without looking at her, not even raising an eyebrow, as he put a cut piece of steak into his mouth, chewing slowly and deliberately.
He rejected her offer, and Patricia’s smile froze on her face, her hand still in mid air.
It would be awkward to just take back the foie gras now, so she carefully used her knife to move the piece of foie gras from her fork to the edge of Theo’s plate and added, “Theo, just give it a try. Trust me, it’s really really good!”
He only responded with a grunt, did not touch the foie gras, and continued eating his bloody steak.
Balfour, watching Patricia’s desperate attempt to win over Theo, frowned slightly.
He felt bad for Patricia, but what could he do? Patricia, after all, was infatuated with this unresponsive guy in front of her.
Suppressing his discomfort, Balfour tried to lighten the mood and spoke gently to Patricia, “This foie gras is so tasty? Why don’t you let me try it too?”
Patricia’s embarrassment eased a bit. She cut another piece of foie gras and put it on Balfour’s plate, “Here, you try it too; see if it’s as good as I said”
Balfour smiled, picking up his knife and fork, eating the whole piece of foie gras Patricia had shared, nodding, “Mmm, it really is good! Theo, are you sure you don’t want to try?”
Though his tone was polite, he was clearly pressuring Theo
She offered him the fore gras out of kindness; why couldn’t he taste it?
However, Theo remained unmoved, not even touching the foie gras, not answering and cutting straight to the chase.
“What do you want to talk about? Just spit it out”
Balfour saw that Theo was still not playing along, his eyebrows furrowed in annoyance, but he didn’t say anything in front of Patricia.
He didn’t respond to Theo’s words and instead turned to Patricia. “Patricia, I bought your favorite cake on the way here. I forgot to bring it in. Can you go get it from the car? We can try it together with Theo.”
With that, he handed her the car keys.
Patricia was smart enough to understand that Balfour wanted her to leave so he could talk to Theo alone.
Balfour was the person who loved her most in the world and spoiled her even more than her parents did.
He had a serious talk with her previously, understanding that she had decided to spend the rest of her life with Theo, and he had finally agreed not to oppose their relationship
Now, Balfour wanted to have a talk with Theo, probably intending to help her secure her engagement to Theo.
With that thought, Patricia took the car keys, “Alright, I’ll go get it now! Theo, wait for me to come back and we’ll eat the cake together. The cake from that shop is really, really good!”
Theo responded with a grunt, his face expressionless and void of any emotion.
