The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride
Chapter 24 Awkward Sounds

The room was dimly lit, with only the bedside lamp next to his bed still on. The girl on the sofa had been watching him for an hour, so Patrick raised his gaze and locked eyes with her beautiful eyes. "Am I handsome?" Vera shook her head. "Not really." He looked average.

"Then why have you been staring at me?"

Vera pressed her right hand against her left hand, her arm resting on the side of the sofa, and rested her chin on the back of her right hand. She curiously asked, "Why don't you go sleep in the study?" "I have a bedroom, why should I sleep in the study?"

"But I'm in the bedroom! We are sharing the same bedroom, which might give others the wrong impression."

"We've already obtained a marriage certificate. What are you worried about?"

This statement left Vera speechless.

They were already a couple.

"But we made an agreement"

"Does the agreement say that I'm not allowed to sleep in my own room?"

It seemed like... it didn't.

Vera swallowed her saliva and sat up straight. "Patrick, you're not trying to take advantage of me and purposely sleep in the same room, are you?"

"Vera, put away your girlish thoughts. I'm not interested in a child like you."

Vera gritted her teeth. What kind of girlish thoughts could she have? She just wanted to deliberately provoke Patrick to leave this room.

If he wasn't in this room, then she could sleep on the sofa or on the floor freely, and no one would know.

But if he too slept in this room, she would feel uncomfortable, as if someone was encroaching on her territory.

Vera thought she couldn't drive Patrick away, so she disappointingly lay back on the sofa, sighed, 'I'll definitely speak less in the future.' She didn't expect that her proactive remark actually made Patrick back. She hadn't anticipated this.

She closed her eyes, pretending to sleep.

Patrick also stopped engaging in childish conversation with her. He resumed his cold and aloof attitude, flipping through the foreign books. The room was quiet, with dim lighting. The central air conditioning was running, making the room cool.

After a few minutes, Vera could hear the sound of pages turning in the books, making her feel like it was a lullaby, almost putting her to sleep. For the first time, she felt how pleasant it was to close her eyes and listen to the sound of pages turning.

No wonder everyone likes listening to books. Vera closed her eyes and lay on the rocking chair, rocking herself to sleep.

Just listening to the sound of the pages turning made her feel peaceful inside.

In the quiet house, suddenly a strange sound broke the silence.

Then, the sound echoed again.

Vera's face turned as red as it could be, because the sound was coming from her stomach.

Patrick also put down his book and looked towards the direction of the couch.

Vera pressed her stomach hard and silently warned her stomach, 'You never made a sound when I was hungry before! I just skipped dinner tonight, and you're making noises. Do you want to get punched?' Her stomach made another noise.

The man on the bed started moving. The sound of him getting off the bed and putting on slippers reached Vera's ears.

She knew Patrick was coming over.

Shyly, Vera covered her stomach with both hands and then covered her face, curling up her body, trying to suppress her stomach from making any noises.

Patrick walked over to the side of the couch, lowered his head, and looked at the curled-up girl. She covered her face with her hands, and her ears turned red.

He had originally wanted to take this opportunity to tease Vera, but seeing her embarrassment, Patrick ultimately didn't say anything and turned back to leave the room.