Chapter 42 Butterflies in the stomach


    Aiden lowered his head and looked at the wristwatch. Stanley’s testing results will be out soon.


    He smiled calmly, “Dig in.”


    His voice was neither high nor low, fast nor slow. The few of them looked at each other and no one


    knew what Aiden was thinking.


    Was he interested in Isabel or not?


    Elliot snapped his fingers and the waiters served the dishes.


    It was a club owned by the Patel family and he was in charge of the club. The dishes were served


    swiftly. In just a while, five to six dishes were served.


    Elliot attentively served a piece of fish for Isabel and ced it on a small te in front of her. “Isabel,


    have some.”


    Aiden didn’t say a word and used his chopsticks to gently nudge the te towards Lara who was


    seated beside Isabel, “Elliot, you ced it on the wrong te.”


    The unspoken meaning was, he should look after Lara and not Isabel.


    Lara realized that Elliot was very concerned about Aiden and looked in his direction several times.


    The chilly feeling came over her, she didn’t like the cold attitude of Aiden. She preferred someone like


    Elliot who was warm and affectionate.


    She didn’t want Elliot to look bad and Lara ate the piece of fish.


    Elliot didn’t expect that his goodwill would be mistaken and only could look towards Isabel for her


    understanding.


    Isabel looked at the new te in front of her and in it was a sweet and sour pork rib. She likes this kind


    of sweet and sour taste. She picked it up and ate it. It tasted good.


    That’s why her eyes looked towards the te of ribs.


    But Aiden ced a piece of fish in her te, “Don’t be picky.”


    Isabel felt that this word was familiar. When she was eating the fish, she finally remembered that was


    the way she taught Daniel and now it was Aiden who was teaching her.


    Her face was slightly red and she wasn’t used to such asions. It was Samuel and Isaac who were


    talking andughing, livening up the atmosphere.


    When she saw Elliot’s numerous looks for help, Isabel ate another piece of delicious pork rib and then


    said to Aiden, “Aiden,st night’s issue, Elliot was only joking with me. He had already apologized to


    me today. Why don’t you…”


    Aiden heard her soft and gentle voice and his mood was starting to warm up. But he didn’t reply, as if


    he didn’t hear it at all.


    Elliot sighed softly, he was almost driven mad by Aiden.


    If given another chance, he swore that he will never touch Aiden’s woman.


    The consequences were too severe.


    “Aiden, forgive him.” After hearing the soft sigh, Isabel couldn’t stand it and pushed Aiden.


    But she was nervous as she was afraid that Aiden won’t agree.


    She had to try even if she was afraid, after all, she had epted Elliot’s request.


    Her “Aiden”, apart from Aiden, the other three men’s bodies were covered by goose pimples.


    They looked decently at Aiden only to see him nonchntly picking up a piece of chicken and eating it


    before saying, “This isn’t difficult, the plot ofnd south of the city, take it as my gift to Elliot and Lara as


    their engagement gift.”


    Want to be calctive with him and Isabel, he will reciprocate properly with Elliot.


    To teach Elliot what is meant by eating his own bitter fruit.


    “Clunk”, Elliot’s chopsticks fell onto the table, and the sauce sshed onto his clothes. “Aiden, you


    must be joking.”


    “Fromst night till now, which part do you think I’m joking with you?” Aiden picked up another piece of


    pork rib and ced it on Isabel’s te because she liked it. He already forgot the words “don’t be


    picky” and served them to Isabel several times.


    He observed that if he didn’t ce any food on Isabel’s te, she would hardly eat. It appeared that


    she was really not used to such asions.


    Elliot picked up the toppled wine ss. He poured a ss full of XO and asked, “If I engage, you’ll


    return it to me?”


    “Yes.” Aiden raised his wine ss and drank immediately.


    Isabel looked at the expression of the two men drinking and they seemed to enjoy the alcohol. So


    curiously, she picked up the wine ss and took a sip. Her face frowned in agony.


    It tasted awful.


    “Miss White, this was the XO Elliot kept for several years.” Isaac looked at Isabel’s expression and


    Alcohol was an acquired taste. It’s either you loved it or hated it.


    When she heard that it was “XO”, her face blushed redder a notch, “I… I can’t drink.”


    “Then you must drink more. Then you will start to enjoy it. Come, let me toast to you.” Samuel wanted


    to see Aiden getting anxious. He formally lifted up his ss to toast Isabel.


    Isabel was trying to be polite and with him being so respectful, Isabel politely lifted up her ss.


    Just as she lifted up her ss, arge hand grabbed over her wine ss, “If you can’t drink, don’t.”


    Then in front of everyone, Aiden drank the entire contents of her wine ss.


    Isabel blushed even redder, she felt like she was kissed by him through drinking the XO.


    That ce, her lips and Aiden’s lips had both been there.


    She lowered her head and her heart raced. When she thought about how they treated her like Aiden’s


    girl and he didn’t object, she was very shy.


    He even drank so much for her.


    Furthermore, he was willing to speed and get a ticket just to save her.


    Yes, it looked like he took care of her the entire night.


    Five years ago he saw her naked.


    If he doesn’t mind that Daniel was Adam’s son, then they will…


    Isabel was deep in her thoughts and continued to blush and fantasized about their future together.


    She liked him all these years and if she could be married to him and be his woman, then her entire life


    would be perfect and contented.


    Elliot drank two sses in session and then turned and looked at Lara. Though she looked slightly


    in, after wearing his choice of clothes and as long as she kept quiet, she looked like a princess. He


    clenched his teeth, “Okay, I’ll have them announce my engagement, Aiden, just remember your


    promise.”


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    Lara looked at him with her eyes wide open, wondering if she had heard wrongly. “Elliot, you… you


    want us to be engaged?”


    Did she strike a lottery today?


    This was too fortunate.


    She bit her lips and bit them again. They were painful and she wasn’t dreaming.


    “If you don’t want to, I can renege.” Elliot was upset. He spent so much effort for Isabel to test out


    Aiden and in the end, he yed himself.


    Lara nodded her head in agreement. Even if it was just engagement and not marriage and even if one


    day he cancels the marriage, she would already be contented.


    As Elliot called to announce his decision, Aiden’s phone rang.


    The caller was Stanley.