19 Where's The Lamb Sauce!?

Elena looked beautiful as she left the salon. Seth watched her with a moment of shock. Her hair hadn't been cut much, but the styling and layers added to her new soft-toned makeup and soft pink lips... 

As she rushed towards him, his words caused her to stop with her little mouth wide open before her eyes narrowed, her face lighting up like a firework and smiling like her mouth was eating honey.

"Please come with me without resistance. You look too beautiful... So I have to kidnap you and hide you away forever." 

Seth was only treating her well at first due to how genuine and kind she was..., but over the past few days, the emotions of the old body owner had vanished completely, allowing him to think of Su Muyue as just another woman...

But Elena was different.

"Why are you being so strange... stupid, Seth? I will kick your shins..." Her face was bright red, and she bit her lower lip while sneakily glancing at him from the corner of her eyes. She discovered that in his new outfit, he was too handsome.

It made him seem different, like when fighting zombies—he was so wild and had a sexy side that the boy in her memories didn't have.

She felt conflicted because she had always loved the past Seth in her memories... but these past two days, Elena realised that those were just glorified nostalgia... Comparing the past Seth to the man who kissed her, pushed her down, beat her in training and protected her from zombies...

Maybe the world love wasn't right... At least before meeting this side of him.

"I think I'm in love with you." Seth shrugged. He was feeling strange himself. In his entire life in the past world, there was no girl. He said those words too seriously, using them to get in their pants or feeling a strong lust or like.

'Yet there was nobody I would have risked my life for before. Are these my feelings? It's so new to me to have another to care for...'

Elena looked at him with her eyes widened, completely stunned as his speaking wasn't the joking or mocking way of normal. She felt the sincerity and serious tone behind his deep and whimsical voice.

He grasped her hand, sending jolts through her body as she clasped it tightly; knowing the world would become a horrible place, she closed her eyes and decided to accept the night however it played out.

"Let's go. I booked a table where you would surely be happy to visit." Seth smirked as Elena just nodded. Her meek atmosphere was strange, but he liked how cute and submissive she was right now, and the earlier violence and mayhem left his mind.

He resolved to at least protect this little hand holding his. 

***

"Where's the Lamb Sauce, you Donkey!?" A loud shout of a Brittanian male sounded as the pair were sitting at a fancy restaurant table, both waiting more than an hour for their service, but neither was unhappy, as they watched the kitchen with blue and red coloured chefs competing in the kitchen. 

"Seth! It's Rordon Gamsey! Kya... He said the thing!" 

Seth smiled as they ate some of the bread with butter—the funny thing was that knowing a few things about her from the novel's character profiles allowed him to make her smile like this so easily... 

'Such a lovely smile for a woman who beats people for a living, haha.'

"Oh, for fucks sake! Who sent this Halibut? Come here..." The blonde male with a wrinkled face and harsh voice resounded through the kitchen as he tossed the pan on the ground, the raw fish spilling all over the fearful chefs.

"It's fucking raw, are you playing around here? Fuck off! You're done!" He pointed to a large male who seemed to find the situation amusing or had an awkward smile before spinning his hand in the air.

"Shut up! Red Team, fack off back upstairs, blue team help finish the red team's service."

"Yes, Chef!" - Blue teams unified call.

'Not a bad last meal. The food was amazing, and she got to speak to Mr Gamsey thanks to my mother's reputation and money...'

"Sorry for the wait... sir and madame. Here are your dishes... we sincerely apologise for the delay." A young lady dressed smartly placed the meals in front of Seth and Elena—two plates of freshly cooked halibut with vegetables, sauces and a selection of wines.

Elena was almost crying, seeing Rordon Gamsey personally cooking for her and wasting no time tasting it.

"Ahh... Seth... try it! It's amazing, better than your mother's restaurants!" Elena was shocked by her own words, realising what she said, and her face reddened as she realised the chef likely heard it...

'Damn... I love how silly this girl is... why couldn't I have met someone like this before?' Seth found that Elena's personality relaxed him, unlike Su Muyue and her complicated issues and hatred towards intimacy.

Sipping the wine and cutting into the halibut, he too realised that this was indeed better than the chef's at his mother's restaurant and hoped to learn the recipe somehow... He didn't take it too seriously as his mother's place earned quite a lot of money thanks to it being linked to her chain of hotels and malls.

"Delicious... it is amazing."

Rordon knows my mother, so he won't make an issue about being compared. Seth smiled inside, thinking how Elena deserved this date after enduring the bullying for years for his sake.

'If I had known... I wouldn't have ignored it... but Su Muyue was toxic to me. Elena is perfect. However, if Su Muyue changed... and stopped being cold, like the other night, would I turn her down?' Seth wasn't sure, but when the world goes to shit, he didn't plan to stick to the current morals, but it's not like he planned to chase women; if they fell into his lap and offered themselves, he wouldn't turn them away.

'A free meal is always welcome.'

They enjoyed their meal, chatting about random topics, Elena telling him about her mother being too violent while they finished dessert happily, Seth ordering a bottle of Whiskey to finish their final meal.

"Seth, thank you for today... it means a lot to me." Elena giggled, her cheeks flushed red as she had drunk some alcohol, feeling a little tipsy and courageous. "Can we go home?"

'Home?' Seth thought momentarily, "Are you going to stay at my place tonight?"

"Mm, I want to sleep with you..." Elena whispered, but Seth heard it clearly, causing him to choke on the whiskey; this made her realise what she said and blush even brighter.

"Uh, I didn't mean it like that!" She wanted to explain, but Seth already looked so excited... "Ah? Seth!" Elena gasped as he lifted her in his arms, carrying her princess-style out of the restaurant.

"Mrs Darkwood, please enjoy your night," One of the waitresses greeted Elena cheerfully, thinking that she was truly lucky to be dating Mr Darkwood, as rumour had it that he was a very kind and passionate person to those he loved.

"Kyaa~ put me down, Bad guy. Your hand is rubbing my crotch... no!" Elena kicked him before he dropped her and hugged her tightly, reluctantly letting her go as they began to walk along the street together in the dim nightlights.