Chapter 86

He could not help beginning to count the number of times she was chewing her food. Finally, after an excruciating 110th bite, she swallowed the piece of meat. Then, as though it got lodged in her throat on the way down, she took a sip of her tea. Finally, she let out a sigh of relief, as though the small piece of meat finally landed right where it was supposed to—her stomach. However, Naomi frowned when she looked down at her plate at the rest of the steak. It would take her the rest of the meal to finish chewing on this steak, but she did not condone wasting her food, so she speared it with her fork, prepared to start chewing again. To her surprise, Scott's fork appeared out of nowhere and snatched it from her plate. Naomi froze at this. The next moment, Scott put the steak onto his plate and instead gave her some of his salad. Naomi glanced at the steak on his plate, clearly missing a piece. She then glanced at him. Scott's expression was as calm and unrevealing as always.