My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 562 Want to Hear the Truth?

"I'm just speaking figuratively. Don't take it too seriously, Sunny. Go get busy while I cook for you. Wait for me."

I brought the fresh ingredients I bought into the kitchen. It was clean here since there weren't many people living

here. Waylen was attentive, and he flawlessly took care of Shawn by catering to his everyday needs. It was surely

convenient for Shawn to have an employee like Waylen.

It was exactly because of this convenience that Shawn continued keeping Waylen by his side even when he knew

that Waylen was Ezekiel's subordinate.

After I took out the ingredients, I blanched the beef and defrosted some bacon to cook beef lasagna and bacon

pizza.

There were still three hours until 12.00PM. I then steamed the rice after I prepared all the other dishes. After

preparing the seasoned rice, I planned to rest for an hour before cooking. However, I didn't want to disturb Shawn.

I went to his study instead. After picking up a romance titled 'El amor en los tiempos del cólera', I went to sit

beside him. However, I was unfamiliar with the words in the book, and it took me no time to snuggle up sleepily

against his lap. Being the attentive man he was, he caressed the crown of my head when he noticed how bored I

was. "Are you sleepy?" he asked.

I quickly shook my head the moment I realized I had disturbed him. "Nope! I wanted you to cushion me. Just go

ahead and do your thing. Don't mind me."

Smiling, he murmured, "I'll keep you company in a while."

I slept on his lap for about half an hour. After waking up, I went to the kitchen and kept myself busy for the next two

hours. As I had time to spare, I also cooked some vegetable soup, stir-fried bacon with Brussels sprouts, and a

potato dish.

I left the kitchen after I was done with the cooking, only to find that Shawn was not in the study. It was when I

returned to the room that I heard some noise in the bathroom.

Shawn was a bit of a clean freak. He had the habit of showering every day.

It was also his habit to take a shower after he was done with whatever he was busy with.

Stopping at the door, I urged, "Hurry, Sunny."

"What's the matter?" he replied to me from inside the bathroom.

"Food's ready. It'll get cold."

"Ah, hold on." His magnetic voice was dripping with seduction when he spoke.

It made me chuckle and I went back to the kitchen.

After I brought the food to the dining table, I got a vase for the rose I bought earlier. It looked beautiful standing

there by itself. I then turned to look in the direction of the living room and saw another rose there. That one was the

one that Shawn put in a water-filled vase last night.

He had been carefully taking care of this rose.

His attitude toward the rose reflected his mood, and I could tell that he was happy because I gave him the flower.

Suddenly, I realized how easy it was to keep him content.

Come to think of it, this man was someone with the power to have anything he wanted. He lacked nothing and yet,

he was deprived of familial love and warmth growing up. Because of that, he had a cold, or even cruel, personality.

But the moment a man like him had softened up…

He would be the most loving man on earth.

I quietly giggled to myself as I poured red wine into two glasses. Shawn came over right after I did that.

He was wearing a white bathrobe when threw his arms around me and whispered, "Anywhere you feel like going

this afternoon? I'll come with."

"Are you done with work?" I asked him out of curiosity.

"Mhm. I rushed to get some done just now. There is not much left. I can continue when we come home. I want to

spend the afternoon with you."

He paused before continuing, "I can't bear to see you being bored."

He was always compromising for my sake.

After I turned in his direction to kiss him on the cheek, he happily smiled and continued, "I won't have time to spend

with you after today. It will be half a month before I can come back to Bryxton after this."

Shawn's initial plan was to go on a business trip for about a month. Despite that, I came to see him in Ashere not

even one week in. I had disrupted his plan, in a way. However, I especially appreciated the time we would be

spending together today.

I gave a hum in reply. "Let's eat."

"What did you prepare, Mrs. Xenos?"

After Shawn took a seat, he was surprised to see the table full of food. He first picked up his fork and tasted the

beef lasagna. As I watched him with expectant eyes, he swallowed and commented, "You are a good cook."

Hearing that put a joyful smile on my face.

To me, the happiest thing on earth was when I was complimented after I put my heart and soul into doing

something for others.

"Try the bacon pizza now."

He tried that next. Tasting the pizza must have made him remember something, as he was pulling me to sit beside

him the next moment. "I used to not think Mother was important when she was around. I always thought that she

was someone whose presence and absence wouldn't matter to me. After all, she wasn't my biological mother. I

never even cared about her. But now that I think about it, she was the only one who truly cared for me all those

years. She would plan things out for me at the Xenos Residence and compliment me to the head of the Xenos

Family back then. Although I didn't give a damn about what she did, there was no doubt she was the only family

member who cared about me. Furthermore, she would personally buy clothes for me, and she would always call to

ask when I would go back to the Xenos Residence. As soon as she heard that I was going back, she would spend a

long time cooking up a feast for me."

Nowadays, Shawn was starting to bare his soul to me more.

He didn't have his guard up against me at all.

"I tried making the bacon pizza because you told me that it was what she loved preparing for you. That's how

people are sometimes. You don't appreciate what you have when you have it, and you go crazy from missing it as

soon as it is gone. The things that you used to think of as dispensable have now become precious memories. That is

simply because that person from your past can no longer make you even the simplest meal. That is the reality of

life."

"Mhm… The past is in the past now."

I put another slice of pizza on his plate and urged him to eat. Satisfied after seeing him have a few more, I picked

up my spoon and started eating. Shawn went to the balcony for a smoke after he was done.

He smoked, but he seldom did it.

After eating, I went to the kitchen to wash the dirty dishes. While I was in the middle of my chore, I suddenly

remembered something. I quickly washed the remaining dishes and rushed over to Shawn. "Do you remember our

meeting when we first got to know each other in Ashere? It was at the Yates Family's banquet. You were standing at

the loft watching me, Alice, and Maria having an argument."

Shawn took a puff of his cigarette before answering, "Mhm. What about it?"

Instead of telling him, I looked at him and asked, "How many cigarettes have you smoked now?"

He immediately knew that I didn't like it when he smoked.

"It's the last one," he breathed.

"Anyway, what were your thoughts that day?"

He hesitantly asked in return, "What do you mean?"

"You know how Alice and Maria called me a flirt, and I went along with them. Nicholas and Clair's appearance then

only confirmed my claim. What kind of person did you think I was? I remember how you told me to let you know if I

need money. I retorted and said you were the one who needs love."

"Do you want to hear the truth?" he quietly asked.

I was curious back then about what he thought, but I never dared to ask because we weren't close.

"You didn't give me a good impression back then, Mrs. Xenos."

Hearing that, I blurted out, "Like, how bad was it?"