Page 90 of My Tempting Woman

“Sorry to disappoint you, bub, but I am very much single till now. You know everyone can’t be as lucky as your asshole brother, who found his love in his house only; moreover, the girl herself reached for his house."

Stephen smirked at his jealousy. “Shut up, you jealous man, you didn’t answer his question?

Before Richard could reply, a ringtone disturbed them. Richard gleaming at reading the caller's name, he excused himself and left the cabin to attend the call

Steve and Stephen both just looked at his retreating figure in wonder, as he never behaved so discreetly with them

Steve murmured again. "I am sure he is hiding his girlfriend from us. But why?

"Not us, but you? You know, but it’s high time you should reanalyze your lifestyle, so-called flings and affairs, as they are only damaging your image."

Steve just gave a pout to his brother the same moment Richard returned to the cabin, where he noticed the questioning look on Stephen and Steve’s faces

“See what I got for her? “ Richard forwarded a picture on his mobile screen

Steve and Stephen grimaced at the picture, which was looking like a cooking range

They both gave a serious look at him

“Forget it? Stupid me! How could I expect you both to know about this? So this is the latest cooking range and I am sure Eva will like my gift the most. “

“You are going to give her this, and who told...?” before Stephen could complete this question, Richard was ready with the answer

“Yes, and Rose told me about the best gift competition. You know I am also going to give her the best baking kit. You know, the professional baking tools and kit kind of stuff. See like this: “ he again forwarded the picture.

Steve was dumbstruck at his thought, as undoubtedly it was something that Eva would love to have as a gift. But now what about him? So he also got busy in searching for gifts

“I thought I should give her an exclusive diamond bracelet. What do you think, Stephen?"

“Good, that will be very nice. “

Steve did smile at him and then visited the jewelry showroom in the evening

Stephan was looking at those two morons who were celebrating their victory even before the competition had started. He chuckled in his mind at how foolish these two can be; they are talking about Eva., the same girl who least bothered about materialistic things and, of course, not much fond of that. So he has a clear vision of how much she is going to appreciate these gifts too, only if she accepts them.

But now Stephan was in some thoughts as he was also speculating about the gift that he should select for Eva. He wanted to give some special gift to Eva, something extraordinary that will make his girl happy and thrilled—not for the challenge, but he wanted to see her delighted. Maybe this way he could also apologize to her for behaving rudely that day.

In smith mansion, Eva was enjoying her time with her dad; she was more detailed about her classes

While discussing her encounter with media outside her classes, she mentioned Harry’s name

“ Harry? Who is he?”

"Harry Hudson, he is my classmate. Dad, Harry is so caring and helpful towards me. You know, dad, I got so scared that day when the reporters surrounded me and started asking me weird questions. He was the only one who came up to defend me fromthe crowd, and before that in the class when my classmates were commenting incorrectly about me.”

Michael took a deep breath to hold on to his emotions. He already decided not to keep Eva in the dark. He just has to wait for tomorrow and then he will discuss Lisa’s connection with the Hudson family

"But you know, dad, Mr. Smith has a business rivalry with Hudson’s, so he told me to stay away from him."

“ William knows them better than us so you should follow his advice, OK? “

“Yes, fine."

That night’s dinner was a delightful event, as Stephen and Steve both had joined the family for dinner. All dinnertime, Eva kept smiling and chatting happily with his father. It was looking like she forgot all her surroundings in the presence of her dad.

Rose, William, and Steve were just admiring their bond, but Stephen was not comfortable, as she never glanced at him at dinner time.

After dinner, all of them retired to their respective rooms. Eva was excited for midnight, as always on this day he will enter herroom with a single cupcake on which a candle must be present, and then he will wake her up to wish her a happy birthday. It was something that reminded her of her mom, who used to wish her like this on the eve of her birthday. After her mother’s demise, her dad used to follow this habit to wish her this way.

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