Sweetheart (2)

"Isn't it too early for you to call me that?" Adrienne asked amusedly. She sat at the table and picked up the small knife next to her plate. The steak was cooked medium rare, but Adrienne never liked it. Elise was the one who enjoyed eating such a dish, thinking that only the elites were able to eat the best meat in town.

"What? It's not too early to practice. Don't you like sweetheart? Sweetheart is probably too long. How about sweetie or darling? Baby? Sorry, I really don't know what kind of endearment women like." Lennox admitted, but Adrienne knew he was teasing her. There was no way a man like him had never been with a woman before his accident.

"You must be bored there to call me just to tell me this." She pointed out. Adrienne also noticed how casually he was talking to her. "Don't you have anyone there to accompany you?"