It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1496 Michelle's Changes (Part Three)

"I never thought that your identity dishonored me. If my behavior or words made you think like that, my apologies. Well, the food is getting cold. Let's just eat." Luke was telling the truth. He didn't love her, but that had nothing to do with her identity. "May I ask you a question? It's rather intimate, deeply personal." Luke seemed to be in a good mood, and Michelle thought that he might answer the question this time.

"Sure. As long as I can answer it, I don't mind," Luke said coldly, but his face softened somehow.

"I heard that there used to be a girl that you loved deeply. Is she the reason that you don't love me?" Michelle asked after hesitating for a long time. She had pondered on that for many days, and now she finally had the courage to ask Luke. "What?! What girl? I don't know what you are talking about." Luke dropped his chopsticks and stared at Michelle right in the eye, looking puzzled.

"Uh... I heard you were deeply hurt by that girl." Michelle stared back at Luke, confused. 'Luke doesn't seem to be lying. Did Edward lie to me?' she wondered. "Well, what you are talking about is pure nonsense! Who told you that?" Luke's face twitched and he wondered who had dared to cook up a story like that. "Edward. He told me last time in B Country." Michelle lowered her head in embarrassment. She finally realized that she had been fooled by Edward.

"Damn it! Don't listen to him. He was just making fun of you." Luke rubbed his temples in frustration. It had never occurred to him that Edward would say something like that about him. But Luke could do nothing about it. Edward was his boss, so there was no way he could get even.

"Sorry! Now I feel kind of stupid to have believed it." It dawned on Michelle how gullible she was and she felt sad. No wonder Patricia always called her "silly woman." It turned out that she was indeed silly, believing everything she heard from anyone.

"Mr. Mu is a sly and manipulative fellow. Not all his words are to be trusted." It was the first time that Luke spoke to Michelle in a friendly manner. She was really surprised, but she did not make a big deal out of it. If she did, she might jinx it and it could disappear all of a sudden. So she just sat with Luke and quietly cherished that moment.

"I get it," Michelle murmured. Her face flushed crimson with embarrassment. No wonder Edward had smiled weirdly at that time. He had been deceiving her!

"Just eat! The food is getting cold. It wouldn't be as tasty then," Luke urged. Luke also noticed his own unusual attitude towards her. He felt a little strange about himself.

"Sure!" Michelle was elated. All she wanted was that they would get along with each other like this from now on.

Luke cast a meaningful glance at her and was about to say something, but eventually he said nothing. He just shoved piece after piece of food into his mouth. Although the dishes were not as delicious as those in the Mu family house, he enjoyed them very much. After all, Michelle was still a beginner in cooking, and she had especially made the dishes for him.

As it was the weekend, Edward didn't need to go to the company and Luke had the two days off. After lunch, he reclined on a chaise lounge in the garden to bask in the sun.

Standing beside the French window, Michelle gazed quietly at Luke and didn't dare to bother him. She had finally come to see that when you loved something, you'd better just enjoy it than try too hard to possess it. She wondered, if she hadn't pestered Luke too much in the past, would he have adopted a different attitude towards her?

There was a blank stretched canvas beside Michelle. She turned and picked up the brush. A paintbrush dipped full of ink flew quickly and gracefully across the stretched canvas, and the figure of Luke basking in the sun slowly came to form. Although Luke was not a patch on Edward, he was still very handsome and strong in his own way. He was a tough guy, and that might have something to do with his job. Every time Michelle saw him, she could feel that he was a strong and dangerous man.

Luke's facial features began to take shape on the canvas - his eyebrows, his nose, his jaw line and his angles. Judging from the painting, people could already tell that Luke was a cold man. Michelle wondered how long it would take for her to get really close to him—the closeness like that of a real couple in love. She never expected him to love her. All she wanted was that he could pay some attention to her.

Luke could sense Michelle's affectionate gaze, but he didn't open his eyes. He needed time to reconsider this relationship between them.

Michelle continued with her drawing. Maybe Luke had been deeply rooted in her mind. Maybe she had gazed at him for so many times that she already had the perfect image of him in her head. The man she painted was very lifelike. 'This must be the most successful painting I've ever made,' she thought.

When her phone rang, she had just finished the painting. She put down the brush and answered the phone.

"Hello! This is Michelle." While speaking, she let her eyes settle upon the man, not willing to look away.

"Michelle, it's me, Hilda. Are you free? How about we hang out?" Hilda asked hesitantly and cast an uneasy glance at the man before her, Bradley, who was listening to their conversation. It was Bradley who had asked Hilda to call Michelle and invite her out. If Michelle found out that she had lied to her because of a man, she might never forgive her.

"Where are you? I'm going there now." Hilda had never asked Michelle out on weekends. Out of friendship, Michelle agreed to her invitation despite her preference to stay home with Luke.

"Oh, I'm still in the school. I was afraid you wouldn't say yes, so I haven't left yet. You know, it would be so boring to go shopping alone." Hilda made an excuse. She really felt guilty for having lied to her best friend.

"Okay. You may set out now. Let's meet in the Central Plaza, okay? Call me when you get there." Michelle put the painting away and was about to go to the garden to tell Luke. But when she turned around, Luke was at the doorway.

"Hey, so are you going out?" Luke asked casually. Michelle had no idea when he had entered the room.

"Michelle, who's the man talking to you? He has a nice voice. Is he your brother?" Hilda asked as she heard Luke's voice. Her words made Bradley frown, but because he was standing behind Hilda, she failed to notice it. "Uh... I'll tell you about it later. Bye!" Michelle hung up the phone in a hurry. She stared at Luke and wondered when he had left the garden to come over.00000