Chapter 365 - Can I eat you?

[present time]

Seraphina let out a faint sigh and started filling her plate with food prepared by Dragon. Seeing this, Tito followed and filled his plate with the balanced foods Dragon prepared.

On the other hand, Jack squinted his eyes in suspicion seeing that Seraphina and Tito weren't wary if Dragon put anything on the food. After all, he could never, ever trust a person like Dragon.

As for Mariel Min, he cautiously glanced at his new boss and Tito silently eating their food, hence, he also got his portion. It was not the first time he shared a meal with Seraphina but he could not help but feel intimidated every time. He was the oldest in the group yet, he could not believe that he was probably the less courageous one.

Dragon sat next to Seraphina. He propped his chin and leisurely watched her eat the food he prepared himself. Just watching her already filled his stomach and heart. Ever since Seraphina teased him the other day, he still took her other statement that he needed to get the approval of her family if he wanted her hand.

"Say, wife, do you like it?" Dragon sought for a compliment yet, Seraphina gave him the cold shoulders like the usual. But it didn't affect Dragon as he has grown more immune to her. Also, he did tons of preparation just in case Seraphina would pull up the trick she did three days ago.

"How was your daughter?" Turning her head to Mariel Min, Seraphina ignored the shining shimmering Dragon in an apron beside her.

Mariel Min coughed out the moment Seraphina's attention turned into him. It was evident that unlike Dragon, he hadn't grown numb with Seraphina's strong presence. "She -- she got transferred three days ago. Thank you, boss."

Indeed, Mariel Min was rather appalled by how fast these people execute their orders. He didn't even know that his beloved daughter was requested for a transfer if the hospital didn't contact him for confirmation.

He expected that it would at least take a week or days for Seraphina's words to be applied but damn, it was done after several hours! It didn't even take them a day to settled everything. Surely, Seraphina's 'as soon as possible' has been taken in a literal meaning.

"Good. Ask this person so you can contact your daughter whenever." Seraphina uttered before eating another half-filled food on her spoon. Since Dragon's organization was beyond her control, she would rather let Dragon handle more matters of Mariel Min's concerns.

"Uh, yeah. I also heard they found her a match for her bone marrow transplant." Dragon smiled yet, his attention was solely fixed to Seraphina.

Upon processing Dragon's seemingly normal words, Mariel Min's utensils dropped along with his jaw. For a moment, he thought that his ears were deceiving him as he found it hard to believe his news.

For years, her daughter never found a match for a bone marrow transplant. Even if he sacrificed his, alas, he was never a match as his daughter had a rare type of tissues hence, it was ten times harder to find the perfect match for her.

But now, Dragon was saying he got a donor that perfectly matched his daughter? Mariel Min doesn't know how to respond or even express the huge waves of emotions inside him. However, the tears that starting to form on the corner of his eyes were already enough for them to understand his feelings.

"Ho-- how did…" Mariel Min's voice cracked as he could not construct a proper sentence. 

"Oh, If you don't know, I have tons of clean men to be tested so, it's never a problem." Still, Dragon's eyes were fixed at Seraphina as he uttered his statement. If none of them knew about it, one would think that Dragon was talking with her and not to the tearing up doctor on the side.

"I-- is that really the -- the truth?" This time, Mariel Min inquired in between his restrained sob. But, his eyes were already producing waterfalls like tears with little snot on his nose.

"Hey doc, have some table manners will you?" Jack looked at him in disdain as he pointed at the snot on Mariel Min that was about to fall on his plate. Though Jack wasn't eating, he didn't leave his seat as Seraphina would always require them to eat with them. She was like a mother and a father at the same time in regards to this.

"You're not even eating." Mariel Min rebutted still crying like a little kid albeit he was old and had a few white strands of hair on his beard.

"Jack you should eat." Tito reminded as he finished his meal. He must commend Dragon's cooking as it was really good. Though Tito could say that he's the better cook alas, it was still passable than any restaurant they could eat.

"Nah, I'll pass. I cannot unsee Doc's face expression now." Of course, Jack used Mariel Min as the cannon fodder for his excuse of not welcoming Dragon who seemed he wasn't bothered by Jack's obvious hostility towards him. Regardless, Jack doesn't care if Dragon would be displeased about it as he could only allow Seraphina to boss him around and no one else.

"I'm sure you're not filling your stomach just by watching me," Seraphina uttered after a minute longer. Dragon had been watching her since the very beginning and she would be lying if she said she wasn't bothered by his obvious tease.

"It doesn't, it makes me more hungry. Can I eat you?" As usual, Dragon's creativity to twist Seraphina's words leveled up and habitually teased her in return.

Hearing Dragon's bold and brazen remarks, Tito let out a series of coughs. He nearly choked on the food he was gulping down by Dragon's admirable teasing. Jack on the other hand almost puked blood witnessing another banter between these lovebirds. While Mariel Min's tears came to a full halt as the lower of his eyes twitched.