Man, what's wrong with you?

Chapter 72 You Seem Unhappy To See Me Come Back (Part One)

Sherry was busy in the office, as ferried a thick pile of documents from inside her office to another department.

On the way, she noticed Linda and was about to call her for assistance, but she saw that Linda was staring at her phone distractedly.

She was looking down at her phone like someone had kidnapped her puppy, pouting sadly. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Sherry put the documents on her desk with a soft thud which startled Linda. "Will you take this to Director Langston? He needs to sign all of these," she told her.

Linda looked at her with wide eyes and said, "Don't sneak up on me like that! I almost had a heart attack!"

As she spoke, she patted her chest as if trying to calm her heart down, but she also discretely put away her phone. Sherry noticed this and pulled out a chair beside her, and when she sat down, she looked at Linda expectantly and said, "It's because you were too focused on whatever you were doing. I was not even being quiet!"

Linda only shook her head as she picked up the documents, but she did not say anything else, so Sherry took the initiative and asked, "So what was it? What has you so distracted?"

The staff couldn't play mobile phone during working hours, so Linda looked a little embarrassed. She stuck out her tongue and said, "No, I'm sorry. You know I am a crazy smartphone user. Don't worry, I will get rid of this habit in the future."

Sherry didn't believe what she was saying, but when she opened her mouth to probe further, Linda suddenly stood up and said, "I'll bring these to Director Langston now." Without another word, she left with the pile of documents.

When Linda came back to her desk, she looked around discretely and when she was assured that no one was around, she picked up her phone once again.

She was looking at a message she had sent to Steve yesterday, and the last text from him was the short reply he sent in response.

After that, he had not gotten in touch with her at all, so she sat moping in her cubicle as she turned off her phone with a sigh. She tried to work but her eyes kept on going back to her phone.

At noon, Sherry was bent on her desk, busy working, so she completely forgot about lunch until a knock on her door disturbed her concentration.

She looked at the door and found Linda standing there. "Aren't you going out for lunch?"

Sherry looked at her computer and found that it was already lunchtime, but she had a lot of things to do, so she did not want to stop working just yet. She scrunched her nose cutely and said, "You can go ahead first. I still have work to do."

"Okay. Don't push yourself too hard! It's not good for your body to be in that position for a long time, so you should take a break soon."

Sherry looked at her with a warm smile. "I know. Go ahead, and I'll finish up here."

With a final nod, Linda closed the door and left, and through the glass door, she saw that all the lights in their office were already turned off and her colleagues had gone out as well. She sighed as a peaceful silence settled over her office.

After a while, she decided to take a short break, so she went to the tea room to get a cup of water. When she returned to her office, she found someone standing inside her office.

"Mr. Gu?" Sherry asked, confused.

Chester was standing by the window and was staring out at the horizon, but when she said his name, he turned around with a smile. His tall figure created long shadows in the darkened room.

"I was passing by when I saw that your lights were on and the door was unlocked, so I came to check on you," Chester explained to Sherry, which was quite surprising, as he did not need to explain his presence because he had every right to enter any office he chose to since he was the boss.

"I haven't finished my work yet, but I will go as soon as I am done," Sherry told him as she walked to the table with her cup in her hands.

As soon as she sat on her chair, a strong and mouth-watering fragrance assaulted her nose, and she stared in surprise at the paper bags that she just noticed were on her table.

"What are these?" she asked, checking the bags out, as he sat opposite her and took out different kinds of food from the bags.

When he opened the box with his slender fingers, the fragrance became a lot stronger, enough to make Sherry's stomach growl in hunger, as it filled the whole office with the strong mouth-watering scent.

"It smells so good!" she praised happily and clasped her hands together in a silent clap.

"I cooked it myself, so eat it all." While he spoke, he arranged the food in front of Sherry properly, which made her feel even more hungry.

Every dish looked so delicious. Sherry could not wait to eat.

What surprised her most was that these dishes were made by him personally.

She wondered when he found that time to cook at all in his busy schedule, and why would he feed it to her of all people? 'This is so strange...' she thought.

Sherry felt surprised and flattered, as she looked across the dishes and said, "There are so many dishes. I'm afraid that I can't finish all of these by myself!"

"Why don't we eat together?" As he spoke, he took out two bowls of rice and gave the bigger one to Sherry, while he took out the smaller one.

"Indeed, work is important, but you should not take lunch for granted because it is just as important," Chester warned.

It was not the first time that he had seen her skip lunch because she was too busy working, so he felt a little upset and worried.

Sherry nodded. Before he came, Sherry was already very hungry, but her habit was to finish her work before eating. She didn't expect that Chester would cook for her and even eat with her.

"Mr. Gu, you are such a good cook. You have the skills of a chef in a high-end restaurant!" she praised while eating the delicious food.

It was rare for him to cook, and people usually lost their appetite when they were eating dishes made by themselves, so he didn't think that he was good at it.

But Sherry ate the food happily, and as he watched her eat, his heart was filled by a soft warmth that made him smile.

"If my company does not work out, maybe I'll just work as a chef," Chester joked.

"You will earn a lot of money if you are a chef," she said earnestly.

"When I retire, I will open a restaurant and cook by myself." he answered teasingly.

"Of course, I will go there to eat every day!"

"I am planning to open a Chinese restaurant next to the company that offers food at a lower price. Maybe, if you'd like, you can come and help me manage..."

When she heard this, she glanced at him and saw that he looked quite serious, so he was probably planning to build a restaurant.

Sherry listened carefully and occasionally proposed some ideas, and by the end of lunch, they had a prototype composed of their ideas.

Meanwhile, at the airport, Jeremy had just stepped out of the airplane.