Chapter 62: Spies (3)
"What do you think?"
Eve smiled at Dominic and the rest as she looked at them eagerly. She had been trying to gain the attention of the boys after Inez’s departure, but no matter how hard she tried, she realised that neither of them was even willing to take a look at her.
In the past, she could use Inez to attract the attention of Dominic and the rest, but now that the woman was gone, no one seemed to care about her. She had more or less faded into the background, something that she could not stomach.
Dominic looked at the chocolate cake that Eve had baked and frowned. He asked, "What is this?"
"It is a chocolate cake," Eve replied. She turned to look at Tao, who turned to look away before saying, "I heard that you like eating it. So I baked one for you —what’s wrong, is something wrong?"
Wrong? Everything about this cake was wrong. He didn’t know what made Eve bake this cake, and this particular one at that. But he couldn’t help but remember the chocolate cakes that Inez used to make for him.
He eyed the extra-sweet cake and recalled the taste of the chocolate cakes that Inez used to bring him every now and then. It was neither too sweet nor too bitter; it was the perfect combination of both, and he loved every bite of it.
Because of this, many of the pack members thought that he liked eating chocolate cakes. The truth was that he didn’t like eating them; he only liked eating the ones that Inez made for him.
"Don’t bake them from now on," Dominic told Eve, who was waiting for him to praise her efforts. Hearing him say such harsh words made Eve’s smile fall.