Love Coming from the Least Expected novel Chapter 10

Love Coming from the Least Expected Chapter 10

Christopher didn‟t even lift his head to look at her as he cut up a

small piece of the fish and ate it before drawling out, “I‟m here to

help Lyle retrieve a document. Yvonne just happened to be

cooking, so I stuck around for a free meal.”

His mouth curved into a mocking smirk. “Is there a rule that

outsiders can‟t come into the house, or…”

That took her aback, and she whipped around huffily to glare at

me. “What kind of dish is this? It has too many bones, and it‟s

way too raw. What if Lyle chokes on a fishbone?”

What is he? A child who can‟t pick bones out from his own food?

What a load of crap.

She continued to nitpick by adding, “Look at this lunchbox! It‟s

ugly, and you used way too much oil! How is Lyle supposed to eat

this? Are you trying to make him starve?”

Anger flared up within me. How could there be such a vile and

wicked woman? Wait… Lunchbox?

I glanced at Christopher, who winked at me. No wonder the

lunchbox was so ugly. Lyle was lucky that Christopher hadn‟t

hidden some fishbones inside it on purpose.

“Look at me when I‟m talking to you!” Wendy screeched.

Yes, yes. Sorry for getting distracted and not acknowledging your

godly presence.

“I‟ll make a new one.” Picking up the lunchbox from the table, I

tried to use it as an excuse to make my escape.

“Where are you going? I‟m not done with you yet!” she

interrupted. “Oh, you‟re upset because I gave you some

constructive criticism, aren‟t you? Starting to grow sick of me

already?”

I exhaled deeply through my nostrils. “I wouldn‟t dare think of

such a thing.”

She scoffed. “Is there anything on earth that you wouldn‟t dare

do? You would have hit me if it weren‟t for my position as your

mother-in-law, wouldn‟t you?”

Well, she‟s not wrong.

She was about to go on when Christopher suddenly slammed his

hand down on the table, startling both of us.

When we turned to look at him with wide eyes, he gave us a

sunny smile. “This fish tastes amazing, Yvonne! It‟s much better