Chapter 364 - Despite her maltreatment?

Three days later…

"Dig in!" Dragon happily announced as he clapped his hand in anticipation. What's more disturbing is that he was wearing a pink apron with a huge smiling sunny print in the middle.

Jack, Tito, Mariel Min, and Seraphina's brows twitched seeing the food Dragon prepared and served himself. Unconsciously raising their heads towards the proud, sparkling Dragon, their face slowly distorted.

Even Seraphina could not help but be dumbfounded by the sight of him. How can this man have such grandiose title if what's before their eyes was akin to a housewife excited to receive his guests' feedback on his cooking?

"Uh, Tito my man, why did you let him touch the kitchen?" Jack leaned closer to Tito's huge built and whispered. Though the food presentation looks good, alas, what actually baffled Jack was, Tito let others touch HIS kitchen!

Every one of them were living off Tito's cooking and for everyone's information, Tito won't let anyone of them destroy or even touch the kitchen. After all, the only things they could cook were schemes and plots, but anything related to food, even Seraphina was hopeless.

Hence, to avoid burning the whole house, Tito's kitchen and flowers were off-limits. Alas, how did Dragon convince Tito to take over the kitchen and stayed on the sidelines?

"He's skilled. Also, I don't mind a day off from cooking. I've run out of recipes." Tito nonchalantly shrugged. After all, he had seen Dragon's cooking skill.

[an hour ago]

Tito arrived at the kitchen with Dragon chopping some vegetables. By the looks of it, based on Dragon's precision and speed while doing so, Tito could tell that in one glance that Dragon can cook! However, how could this person have all the skills that a woman could ask for? He's good-looking, has wealth, influence albeit a dangerous one, knows little with computers, and now he can also cook?

"You won't mind me using your kitchen yea?" Dragon spoke without turning his head and continued whatever he was doing. 

Upon hearing Dragon's sentence, Tito cleared his throat and entered the kitchen. He found a seat to sit on and turned his head to observed Dragon. "Do as you please. Though I could see you're quite skilled."

"Well, being me is a lot more troublesome -- I could die from a mere poison, so I'd better prepare my food." Dragon who was still preoccupied chopping more ingredients then set them aside and repeat the cycle. Seeing the amount of ingredients Dragon was preparing, Tito must admit that the proportion was enough for all of them to have their fill.

"I see… didn't know the legendary Dragon had an odd dilemma." Tito nodded in understanding. Indeed, hearing him say such words, he was mildly surprised as none of them thought about poisoning or even the slightest perception of harming Seraphina.

"Heh, I'm sure your bossman had the same dilemma before." Dragon lightly chuckled as he started sauteeing the vegetables.

Hearing his unclear statement, Tito raised his brows in confusion. "What do you mean? Boss never cooked her own food."

"She doesn't but have you ever seen her eat her meals back on that organization?" 

Recalling those times when Seraphina took over the Luciano Famiglia, Tito never noticed it before but she never touched any food inside that enormous headquarters. Indeed, Seraphina never eaten inside the premises and also… she was always wary even though she was inside her own turf.

If Dragon didn't mention it just now, Tito would never see these angles for life; which slightly stunned Tito for a second. How could he never see this before? Despite the difference of her languid and relaxed countenance whenever she was around them and her never-ending flaunting dominance on that organization -- how could he overlook all these things. Furthermore, how did Dragon knew about it?

"Oh, don't look at me that way. She never told me… I just know." Dragon took a quick glanced at Tito's blank expression before retracting them back on the pan.

"You know her a lot, huh?"

"Haha." Dragon let out a bitter chuckle upon receiving Tito's seemingly compliment. He resumed, "How I wish I know her that well just like what you think I do. But, the problem is… I really don't. She never said or asked anything from me -- well, she did ask one thing for the first time and that's for your dear doctor. Aside from that, I could only guess and fill in the blanks."

A touch of bitterness and struggle flashed across Dragon's eyes that didn't gone unnoticed by Tito. Indeed, it would be a little more shocking if Seraphina revealed her struggled to Dragon. After all, even to them, she never explained her troubles and personal feelings to them.

Given that they were following Seraphina for years now, Tito admitted that he only knew thirty percent of Seraphina. The rest, just like what Dragon stated, they could only fill in the blanks.

Alas, despite that line separating them and Seraphina, what's clear to them is that they chose the right person to follow and sacrifice their lives when worse comes to worst. Furthermore, they already accepted that Seraphina was as mysterious as that. Even X told them that she akin a code he could never crack.

"You have the same problem like the rest of us eh? But, why are you sticking with her despite her…" Tito paused as he thought of another sugarcoated word to describe Seraphina's treatment towards Dragon.

"Despite her maltreatment? Well, what can I do? I can't live without her now." Dragon grinned as he said those words.

Tito stared at Dragon and somehow, he felt the sincerity of the man even without showing it. It just came naturally like it was his genuine intention. For some reason, the lingering wariness and suspicions Tito has for Dragon slowly vanished. He didn't know why but to him, Dragon may betray them all -- kill them even but, what's he's certain is that Dragon would never do something that would harm Seraphina even if it means being the most vicious person on earth.