Ann had no other choice but to wear the lingerie Michael brought.
She chose the white simple one. "How does he know my size? Its a perfect 36 C. Pervert!" she thought.
She put on the hospital gown above it.
She tried to tie her hair but failed since the cannula on her hand was hurting her. She gave one final look in the mirror and went outside the washroom.
Ann was hit by the wonderful aroma of food. She felt so hungry just from the delicious smell.
She was delighted to see the wonderful spread of food, all to her liking.
Michael was done setting the table when Ann came. He pulled out a chair and said " Breakfast is served".
Ann sat down and was speechless to see the nicely set table.
"Mr.Smith, What is going on? Why are you doing all this? Why are you so nice to me?", Ann questioned, still in shock at how good he was behaving towards her.
" So are you suggesting me to be a grumpy boss who is unapproachable and mean towards his employees?" Michael now questioned her with a raised eyebrow.
Ann didn't know how to reply. Of course she didn't want a grumpy boss. Who would want that? "That's not what I meant", she retorted.
Michael looked at her and smiled to himself. His plan had worked. He was expecting Ann to ask these questions so he had used the Socratic method, which was to answer a question with another question.
"Don't overthink, Anna. I feel bad for yesterday's incident." Michael defended, seeing Ann's confused expression. "We shouldn't have brought you along. Actually I didn't know you were coming. I will make that Oswald pay dearly for this." There was a fire in Michael's eyes when he said this.
"Mr.Smith...?", Ann interrupted his thoughts.
"Ahh... let's get started. He served her the pesto veggies and scrambled eggs. He also poured a glass of warm milk for her.
"Here, eat before it gets cold."
Ann was really hungry as she hadn't eaten anything since last evening owing to the pub incident. She stopped all her thoughts and started to dig in.
She took a spoonful and put it in her mouth.
" Oh my god, Mr.Smith, this is sooo tasty. How do you know my taste so well? These are all my favourite dishes"
"I am glad that you like it". He smiled and started to eat his Mac 'n cheese. "This is also good."
Ann looked at the Mac 'n cheese and she really wanted to try some. If it was Linda, she would had surely finished half of it by now. How could she ask her boss?
Michael looked at Ann and saw her staring at his plate. He shook his head and smiled thinking what a foodie his wife was. She hadn't changed a bit.
He took a spoonful of his Mac 'n cheese, took it to her mouth and said " AAh..."
She unconsciously took the bite, closed her eyes and said "Umm...Heavenly"
After two seconds, her eyes wide open as she realised what she did.
"I'll not give you more as this is not healthy. Once everything is normal, you can have as much as you want."
Ann pouted fluttering her eyes.
Seeing her face, Michael wanted to hug her tightly. The same expression which had floored him before. Had it been earlier, Michael would have kissed her by now. He knew he should take things slowly as the doctor had advised. He drank some cold water and controlled his urge.
"Here have some fruits with yoghurt. This is good for you." Michael placed some in her plate.
Ann's heart was beating fast. She was not used to this type of treatment. She was only used to getting pampered by Linda's parents when she went there.
Ann kept staring at Michael's face which was very close to her, since he was serving her some more fruits. She could see the perfect jawline and his sexy lips.
"Anna, If you are done checking me out, please eat these fruits" Michael commented. "I know I am really sexy. You can do that later." He laughed out loud.
She looked down at her plate and started to eat at a fast pace.
"What a shameless man" she thought.