SWNOVELS Chapter 40 She Put Her Face Over to Signal Him to Kiss
Chapter 40 She Put Her Face Over to Signal Him to Kiss
When Kendrick came home, he could smell the aroma of food.
The Wonder Villa used to be a place just for him to rest.
Now, it felt more like home.
Natalie hurriedly served out the freshly made paella from the kitchen.
She also put one-eighth of a lemon on top.
"Today's dinner is paella," Natalie smiled and said, "I really made it this time."
The lobsters were all washed and dissected by herself.
Kendrick frowned, "What happened to your eyes?"
Natalie's eyes were red and watery.
Natalie was embarrassed, "They're burned by onions."
Kendrick took the eye drops from the living room and said, "Lift your head and open your eyes."
When an eye drop dripped down, Natalie closed her eyes.
The eye drops were all on her eyelids.
Natalie blinked. She was trying to get the eye drops into her eyes.
Kendrick was speechless by Natalie's clumsy look. He took a tissue to wipe her eyelids and said, "Look above, don't move."
Natalie learned well this time and looked up obediently.
"Drip."
When the eye drop dripped down, Natalie closed her eyes again.
She was responsive and agile.
Kendrick, "..."
Kendrick withdrew his hand.
Natalie said hesitantly, "Maybe, it's better to do it myself!"
A hand covered Natalie's cheek. Kendrick used his fingers to pull open Natalie's eyes. He threatened her without an expression, "If you close your eyes again, I'll use a cotton swab to hold up your eyelids." "So fierce!" Natalie complained in her heart.
However, Kendrick's threatening plus forcing really worked.
He held Natalie's eyelids open to prevent her from blinking.
Kendrick was able to finish dripping the eye drops smoothly.
Natalie blinked her eyes and said hurriedly, "Try the paella I made."
Although Kendrick had no special preferences, he never really ate food with a strong taste like seafood.
Nevertheless, he still scooped a spoonful of paella into his mouth.
He rarely ate seafood, but the paella tasted fragrant, fresh, and lemony. There were no odd smells.
The flavor was good and it was obvious that Natalie had put all of her efforts into this.
"How was it? How was it?"
Natalie tried it a while ago and she knew that it tasted good.
But Natalie still wanted to receive Kendrick's compliment.
Looking at Natalie's eager eyes, Kendrick nodded slowly.
Natalie immediately scooped out a large piece of lobster meat and put it in Kendrick's bowl.
"Although it's my first time cooking this, it's a success. It's comparable to those made by chefs with three Michelin stars."
It was valuable to know oneself.
"You can also be very successful if you go to sell melons."
Natalie pushed Kendrick, "You can just agree!"
Kendrick snorted lightly and didn't speak. However, he scooped another mouthful of rice into his mouth.
In the evening, Kendrick was dealing with work in the study as usual. Natalie knocked on the door and entered with a glass of milk.
"I brought you a glass of warm milk."
She walked over and put the milk on Kendrick's desk.
"Thank you," Kendrick replied politely. Then, he handed a document folder on the table to Natalie and said, "Look at this."
Natalie, "For me?"
"Yeah."
Natalie picked it up and opened it. It was a letter of appointment from the Ramsey Group.
Kendrick wanted to assign her directly to the strategic planning department.
The remuneration was equivalent to that of high-level executives.
There were even stock options.
It was a very good remuneration.
"You can think about it," Kendrick said gently, "You don't need to rush to give me an answer."
It seemed that the proposal had really amazed Kendrick. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made an exception to recruit Natalie into the company. Natalie began to evaluate the offer in her heart.
If she could join the Ramsey Group, she could definitely better assist Kendrick and facilitate his business.
But the problem was, all of her actions would be restricted once she joined the company. She wouldn't be as free as she was now.
The Ramsey Group had complex internal factions.
Seth has three sons and a daughter. He also had brothers and sisters, all of whom held different numbers of shares in the Ramsey Group.
All of these people were not easy to deal with.
Moreover, Owen was about to return.
Natalie must put all her efforts into Kendrick's treatment to help his recovery.
So...
Natalie's expression turned a little awkward. She pursed her lips and said politely, "Thank you for your kindness, but... I don't think it's the right time to join now."
"If I really want to join the Ramsey Group, I will enter as a shareholder with decision-making power," Natalie said with a firm gaze, "If I join now, there will be many restrictions from various parties. Our relationship would also make me a target for them."
Even if the annual salary was in the millions.
She would still be a high-level laborer.
Without equity, there was no right to speak. Naturally, there wouldn't be any decision-making power.
What she wanted was the power to decide everything.
Kendrick smiled lightly, "You want the Ramsey Group's shares?"
"Without shares, there won't be any power." Natalie didn't want to hide anything from Kendrick and said straightforwardly, "Even if I won't be affected immediately, it's difficult to guarantee that there won't be any hindrances when I want to develop new businesses in the future."
Natalie looked at Kendrick solidly.
Natalie believed Kendrick would have deeper thoughts about this than she did.
Natalie knew Kendrick was already planning to kick out his good-for-nothing relatives from the board of directors.
Judging by the rules of trade wars, Kendrick would definitely use his exclusive financial company to force the Ramsey Group to fall into restructuring and reforming in the future.
From there, he could then expand his shares.
Now that he had just left the business from the Ramsey Group, he might act even more brazenly.
Kendrick's gaze deepened.
"She's too smart," he thought.
Like a genius.
Kendrick was surprised that a girl who just turned twenty-two years old could think so thoroughly and clearly.
However, as Kendrick recalled the things she did recently, he thought, "I should get used to it."
Kendrick took the milk, had a sip, and said, "I'll reserve this letter of appointment. There won't be any expiration date."
When Kendrick said this, he seemed to forget something.
He never gave people a second chance.
Natalie blinked, "You seem to really acknowledge that proposal!"
Otherwise, Kendrick wouldn't have issued a letter of appointment directly.
"Mr. Levy spoke highly of it."
"This man, can't you say something nice?" Natalie complained in her heart.
Natalie was in a good mood. So, she decided to not argue with Kendrick. She leaned over, half squatted down, and stared at him, "Do you remember what we agreed before?"
Natalie wanted to be rewarded.
"Yes," Kendrick replied, "I gave you this appointment letter as a reward."
But she just rejected it.
"Then, can I ask for something else?"
Natalie was close to Kendrick and she just had her bath. Her fragrance was lingering on the tip of Kendrick's nose.
As Natalie spoke, her curly eyelashes flickered. Her crimson lips were moving up and down like rose petals.
Kendrick had never paid attention to Natalie before.
However, he could now understand that women could be beautiful or ugly.
Natalie was lively and beautiful but also smart and wise.
It was hard not to keep someone's eyes on her.
Kendrick looked away slightly, "Okay!"
"Then, do this!" Natalie smiled slyly. She pursed her lips, puffed out her cheeks, and leaned over. She pointed her cheek to signal Kendrick to give her a kiss.
Natalie kissed Kendrick secretly last time.
No, there was also a time before that.
Natalie wondered whether Kendrick would want to repay what she had done.