The Ruthless CEO

Unanswered Questions

As promised, here is the following chapter :)

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"Dessert, anyone?" Rafe asked snapping me out my thoughts.

"No, thank you." I replied not willing to cause another scene. My mind went back to the hand on my lower back.

"Are you sure, Ava?" Jackson questioned. "There's your favourite cheesecake available."

"Um, I'm not sure to be able to finish it." Truth be told, I don't think anything can get down my throat right now. My mind is a mess at the very moment.

"I'm having a cheesecake, you can take some from me. There's no need to order another for you." A controlling voice ordered. I turned towards Mr. Salvestro and saw him closing the menu.

"Okay, Sir." I automatically said. Our waiter came back to our table and began taking our orders.

"One cheesecake and three apple pies." Mr Salvestro commanded at the waiter without even saying a please and nearly threw the menu at the poor waiter. That man will never change.

Few minutes later, the waiter came back with our desserts. Oh my holy God. This smelt absolutely divine. Now I regret not ordering one whole cheesecake for myself. It looks so delicious.

Once the plate was placed in front of Mr Salvestro, he removed the hand that was previously on my back to neatly cut the cheesecake into smaller pieces. I missed his warm touch but was then engrossed in how well he was cutting the cheesecake like a true professional. Good Lord! He definitely knows how to handle knives very well. Right now he is looking like a very handsome chef in a cooking show who knows exactly what he is doing.

He then took my empty plate and placed two pieces of cheesecakes and handed me back my plate. I murmured a quiet thank you and began to eat my dessert. To say that this dessert was delicious was an understatement. It was freaking delectable. In a matter of seconds, I finished eating my dessert and craved for more but refused to ask. I looked at the plate of Mr Salvestro. He was not eating at all but was rather absorbed once again in his phone.

"Do you want some more?" He asked in his controlling voice while typing on his phone. How the hell does he know that I want more?! He was not even looking when I was eating.

"Um, no, thank you." I lied. He raised his head from his phone and turned to look at me with raised eyebrows that were clearly saying, I-know-you-are-lying. He sighed heavily and shook his head at me before handing me his plate making my eyes widen. "What about you?" I asked somewhat embarrassed because he couldn't have his dessert because of me.

"I don't like desserts." He stated blankly before looking back to his phone.

"But—" I was about to argue when he looked pointedly at me making me shut up immediately and eat my dessert.

Half an hour later, we were all done with our food and it was time to foot the bill. Mia called the waiter asking for the bill when Rafe stopped her. "Don't worry about the bill." Rafe told her.

"Huh, why?" Mia questioned.

"It's on us." Rafe said smiling at her.

"No, I invited you guys, so I will pay." Mia disagreed. This is what I like about Mia. She's just like me. She likes her self-respect more than anything else.

"I'm sharing the bill with you, Mia." I told her, starting to take out my purse.

"None of you is paying." Mr. Salvestro suddenly said making us all go quiet. I was about to open my mouth to argue but the words that came out of his mouth shocked me. "This restaurant is ours, Ava." I was absolutely stunned when I heard that this restaurant was for the Salvestros but what made my heart skip was my name rolling off his tongue. This is the second time he is calling me by name and once again, my stomach is filled with thousands butterflies.