Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 754

"There're a lot of women out there for you to have fun with, but Elaine is not one of them."

"You are a celibate, but Elaine was taught to marry someone when she's old enough and be a good wife and mother. You guys are so different that your..."

"Your relationship will only lead nowhere..." This remark remained hanging in Ariah's mouth.

What she said was hurtful but it made sense. Howard pursed his lips as he listened on and couldn't say anything.

Truthfully, he hadn't given it much thought.

Glancing at his dejected look, Ariah sighed, "I may sound harsh, but if you like her, please court her like an adult, okay? Don't force yourself on her. Oh my god, it's so disgusting..."

Force himself on her?

When did he ever do that?

Howard stared at Ariah, dumbfounded.

Since the last time when he was drunk at the party and got a bit handsy on Elaine, he found that she avoided him like he was a thief. From then on, he always kept a distance from her and never repeated the same mistake again.

In fact, they didn't talk much in the past few days.

Just as he wanted to ask what she meant earlier, Ariah's next statement stunned him, "Besides, Elaine has a fiance. Even if you like her, you can't steal her from someone."

Shocked, Howard murmured, "S- Steal? W- Wait, what did you just say? She has a fiance?"

"You don't know?" Ariah was equally stunned. "Don't you know that Elaine has a fiance?"

"Who told you that?" asked Howard, frowning.

"Elaine."

"Why did she tell you this?"

"When you brought her to a party the other day, Sharon asked her if you guys were dating because she sensed that there was something fishy between the two of you, but she denied it, saying that she has a fiance and only takes you as her boss and nothing else."

For every word Ariah said, she could see Howard's expression grow darker.

In fact, he was extremely annoyed after Ariah finished talking.

Nonetheless, Ariah found his expression amused. "Don't you know that Elaine has a fiance?"

Silently, Howard looked at Elaine.

At this moment, Sharon stopped her from cleaning up the table and pulled her to a chair to sit down. Then, they started chatting.

Frankly, Howard didn't have any strong feelings for Elaine. He just felt that since both of them were single, and he was rather interested in her, he could try dating her.

However, before he could confess his feelings to her, she already told the ladies that she didn't like him.

Why didn't she like him?

Was she out of her mind? She should count her blessing that someone like him took a fancy to her!

The enraged Howard thought, "I can have all the women in the world, yet I like her, the ignorant and clumsy maid! She should be happy that I like her, okay!"

How dare she despised him?

Feeling extremely hurt, Howard glared at Elaine, his eyes as sharp as a sword.

As if Elaine could feel the glare, she suddenly turned to look in his direction. From such a distance, Howard could see her pair of large eyes that were filled with fear and trepidation, yet they were also extremely bright.

Indeed, she had a pair of beautiful, flawless, and childlike eyes.

It was this pair of eyes that made Howard fall for her.

The sudden change in his feelings for her came during Thanksgiving.

Elaine did not return to her hometown on Thanksgiving, but instead, she stayed in Beachmarsh City.

During Thanksgiving dinner, the elders in Howard's family began their bombarding on his single life.

Annoyed, he came up with an excuse to return to his apartment only to see Elaine eating the leftovers alone.

It was such a pitiful sight.

At that moment, Howard felt sorry to see Elaine like this, eating leftovers on Thanksgiving after cleaning up his place, while others were having warm Thanksgiving dinner.

Hence, he suddenly decided to take her out for a nice dinner.

It was exactly at that moment that Elaine looked at her with those big and sparkly eyes which were as bright and dazzling as the stars in the night sky.

Moreover, she ate a simple fried chicken set like she was devouring the tastiest food in the world.

Howard found her behavior amused despite only eating fast food for Thanksgiving.

However, she intrigued Howard, who had never eaten junk food, to take a bite of a fried chicken for the first time.

It was not bad actually.

After dinner, they walked on the empty street in the large city.

Donning a delightful expression, Elaine kept talking to him and thanking him for taking her to have fried chicken. She said that it was her first time eating fried chicken and she had never been so happy in her life.

She looked really happy with her charming face and radiant smile.

"She looks so dorky," Howard thought.

The silly girl even said, "Dr. Perkins, I have a gift for you. Thank you for taking me to dinner." Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Despite the dispassionate feeling about it since he had received too many gifts, he blurted after seeing the excitement on her face, "What do you want to give me?"

"Wait for five minutes. I'll go in and buy you a gift."

There was a shopping mall next to them. After she finished her words, she didn't wait for Howard to say anything and ran into the mall.

Howard had wanted to follow behind and take a look, but for some reason, he remained standing on the spot, and even curious as to what she was going to buy for him.

What could she buy? He knew that she couldn't afford anything expensive since he was aware of how pathetic her wages were.

Was it a mug? A necktie? A belt? Or a lighter?

Howard had thought about many different types of gifts, but he had never imagined that she would give him a hand cream.

As she handed the gift bag to him, she said with a sweet smile, "Happy Thanksgiving, Dr. Perkins."

Holding the hand cream in his hand, Howard suddenly felt amused and odd.

However, she looked at him seriously and explained, "As a doctor, you often need to wash your hands with sanitizers, and it can dry your skin. Remember to apply the hand cream every time after you wash your hands."

A hand was a doctor's most important asset.

Was that why she bought a hand cream for him? Because she wanted him to take care of his hands?

Unexpectedly, Howard felt touched as he looked at the hand cream in his hand, and an odd feeling slowly dispersed inside him.

It was such a little gesture, but he was moved.

He had received gifts from many women, and the women he dated were rich and famous, so they were generous and gave him expensive and luxury goods.

But none of the gifts were as thoughtful as this tiny tube of hand cream.