Chapter 56 - Forty-Eight
ERWIN
No one is actually touching their food at the dinner table. Everyone is playing with their food including me and Leo. Leo has lost his appetite after the kidnapping thing and I can’t bring myself to eat anything while he is not touching his food properly.
John is playing with a fork and making small conversation with Liu Feng’s assistant while the two CEOs discuss business and Joe bore a hole through my head with his blazing glare. Ruth’s head is hanging low. I wonder what happened to this guy. He is usually so enthusiastic that it’s annoying.
And I don’t especially like the way this Liu guy is looking at my omega. I want to gouge his eyes and cut his pretty mouth with the knife in my clutch right here and now. But I keep my anger in check. I don’t want to make the night bloody if it’s not necessary. I don’t want to cause any trouble for Leo. He mentioned that this client of his is important, now he wouldn’t have invited him to the dinner party which is supposed to be a very private gathering.
Steve is seated across from me. Quietly chewing on his food and looking round with hungry eyes.
"Do you need anything, Steve?" I ask softly, leaning a little toward him.
He shakes his head, "Nothing."
"Okay." I straighten up, trying my best not to meet Joe’s gaze. Only Christ knows what this omega is thinking.
I thought that Joe went to his family home in Canada. But why did he suddenly pop up here? Did Ruth purposefully do that? Seems so. But it is good in another way. I have been meaning to tell Leo about Joe for a while now. But I couldn’t find any opening to ask him about it. So, now that Joe is here I can explain the situation to Leo.
Though it is still unnerving that Leo is occasionally casting brief glances toward Joe and Joe is taking them without wincing. I know that if there are any mistakes, I will be cooked.
After the suffocating dinner which no one actually ate properly everyone settles for a chit chat. Steve in Leo’s lap fiddling with his crystal necklaces. I narrow my eyes to peer over the little finger from Leo’s side. And jealousy flares in my chest.