Chapter 957: Chapter 957 Devour Everything

Naomi lowered her head and poked the thief in the eye. Then, she wrapped her leg up using the hem of her dress.

The person whose stuff got stolen quickly caught up and retrieved their belongings.

“Thank you! You’re amazing!”

Naomi shook her head and laughed, “You’re welcome. You should be careful in the future.”

The commotion just now attracted the police officers that were patrolling. They arrived shortly at the scene. After Naomi handed over the incident to them, she was about to turn around but was stopped by Nelson.

“Naomi, what did you just do?”

Naomi pursed her lips, “What’s wrong? I’m fine!”

“What if something happens to you? Besides, I’m here. You don’t have to go and take the risk.”

Nelson was so angry that Naomi was inundated with nagging grunts and complaints.

“In addition, you’re wearing a dress. Where are your shoes? What if you are injured? Naomi, you…”

Naomi could only smile, “Are you worried about me?”

With that, Nelson paused. His hands that held her shoes froze in mid-air for a good few seconds before he regained his composure.

“I am your boyfriend, so of course I care about you!”

Naomi grinned, “Thank you! I’m very happy.”

Her eyes lit up right away and she looked at him affectionately. She was completely different from her usual collected self. Instead, she resembled a young, cheerful girl, just like how she used to be years ago.

For some reason, Nelson’s heart skipped a beat. He felt as if he was committing a heinous deed.

He turned away subconsciously and tossed her shoes to her.

“Put them on! I’ll take you to dinner!”

Naomi sighed as she looked at the high heels. She quickly put it on and limped after him.

Nelson had booked a French restaurant for dinner. Naomi looked at the bite-sized food that was placed in the middle of the plate and couldn’t help but restrict her appetite.

Since she was a child of the Granger family, she was aware of proper dining etiquette. Even if she didn’t like French cuisine very much, Amos had made sure all his children were aware of how to act at the dinner table.

In her daily life, she was no dainty girl. She was exuberant and loved practicing self defense skills every day.

Her favorite food included various – if not all meat dishes, and she could help herself to two servings per meal.

She was ravenous especially after she had chased the thief just now and her stomach was already growling from hunger!

She gave up the idea of ordering more food. She wanted to make a good impression since it was their first date.

After Naomi finished all the dishes gracefully, Nelson put down his napkin and asked her, “Are you full?”

Naomi, who wished to eat more, hurriedly put down her spoons and answered sheepishly, “I… I’m full.”

Nelson nodded and stood up to pay for the bill.

“I’ll take you home!” He then offered.

Naomi was just about to nod when Nelson’s phone rang. He answered it, having a feeling that it was from his assistant.

Indeed, it was a call from Richard.

“Mr. Luther, please hurry back now and have a video call with your mother. She is sick of staying abroad, and I can’t persuade her anymore no matter how hard I try! If you don’t come back and deal with it, I’m afraid that she will be coming back overnight!”

Nelson could not let his mother come back at this moment. Currently, he was making slow but steady progress with his plan. Furthermore, Amos and Eudora had just softened their stance by allowing Naomi to go on dates with him.

If his mother came back, there would be a risk that she might pick a quarrel or fight with Amos and Eudora due to the previous grudges she harbored against them. As a result, all the efforts he had put in would be in vain.

“Okay, I’ll go back now and talk to her!” After hanging up the phone, Nelson pursed his lips and sighed, “I have something to do…”

Naomi immediately nodded thoughtfully, “You can go ahead! I can head by myself!”

Nelson looked at his phone and suggested, “Let’s leave together then. I’ll help you hail a taxi!”

Naomi nodded and replied, “Okay!” Even though he was just helping her call for a taxi, she felt contented somehow. The power of love was really amazing.

The taxi soon arrived. Naomi waved her hand as the car drove away.

Not long after getting into the taxi, Naomi’s phone rang. It was Benedict, and he sounded quite indignant.

“Naomi, I’ve been waiting for your call to comfort me since I’ve been very upset after seeing the news about you and Nelson. You haven’t done anything at all! I haven’t seen you in days!”

Naomi could only sigh and try to talk some sense into him, “You brat, you’re pretending again, aren’t you? Don’t meddle in adults’ affairs!”

“I’m not a child!” Benedict protested.

Before he could continue complaining, he heard a strange rumbling sound.

Benedict understood right away and said, “I’m at Foodie Street. Do you want to come and eat something? Did Uncle Amos punish you? You haven’t had dinner yet, have you?”

Naomi shook her head and tried to reject his offer, “No thanks! Aunt Cindy will prepare it for me.”

“Are you sure you don’t want to come? There are tasty hotdogs, corn dogs, bagels, and …”

Just the thought of sinking her teeth into some good food made Naomi’s mouth water. She quickly gave in and asked, “I’m coming, where is it?”

In the blink of an eye, Benedict had already sent over the location to her phone.

Only then did Naomi tell the driver, “Please send me to the night bazaar as stated in this address!”

…

In truth, Benedict was actually nowhere near Foodie Street. Instead, he was lying at home. After hanging up the phone, he jumped out of his bed at once. He quickly changed into some fresh clothes and went downstairs hastily.

As soon as he headed downstairs, a small chubby hand grabbed him by thigh and called out, “Brother!”

Benedict picked up his younger sister and told her, “I’m going on a date now, so go play on your own!”

Thea immediately came out of the room after overhearing him.

“Where are you going? You mustn’t follow your father’s example and act like a playboy…”

Harley was speechless upon hearing that. He replied, “What? Why are you using me as an example not to follow? That’s something from years ago!”

“You can’t deny that you didn’t do anything of the kind! If you’ve done something similar in the past, I can talk about it all I want to! In fact, I need to drill it into our son so that he doesn’t learn from your sorry example!”

Listening to their bickering, Benedict was stressed out. He quickly interrupted to explain, “I’m going to meet with Naomi!”

Upon hearing this, the couple looked at Benedict keenly.

“So you’re meeting Naomi? Go quickly then! Don’t let her wait for you!” As Thea was saying that, she shoved her son out the front door.

Harley became excited too. He chuckled, “Naomi is a great girl. More importantly, if you marry her, I’ll be able to stand up to Amos! Good luck and go make me proud!”

Benedict nodded. He struck a handsome pose and laughed.

“I’m leaving!”

With that, he drove away as fast as he could. When he arrived and parked his car there, he saw Naomi, who was already standing there!

Benedict instantaneously straightened his clothes and went forward to greet her.

“Naomi, I’m here!”

The very next second, she berated him and laughed, “Stop the formalities! Let’s hurry up and look for some tasty food!”

Benedict’s eyes were fixed on Naomi’s uncommon attire. He asked, “What did you do today?”

Naomi waved her hand and dismissed him, “Why are you asking me this? I’m going to starve to death if we wait any longer! I remember seeing a decent restaurant around here. Which one was it?”

“Carlos’ Tacos!”

“That’s right. Come on, let’s go. I’m going to devour everything!”

Benedict stood behind her and looked at her clothes despondently.

After a long time, he mumbled to himself, “Was she on a date just now?”