Chapter XII

"I think I like you more..."

My jaw dropped. I felt like all of a sudden, butterflies were tickling my stomach right now.

"Because you act maturely but inside, you are childish." He chortled and continued eating.

I felt like someone had thrown me a bucket of ice with water. My ears panted with his words he just spotted. I processed his words on my head and snapped back to dart him a glare. This man... This freaking man is such an...

"Asshole," I said, couldn't help but retort with a remark.

Sebastian stopped in the mid-way and glanced at me with amusement in his eyes. "Feisty as always, Ms. Merrywheather."

I squinted my eyes at him and took the fork to stab the meat whilst looking at him. I don't care if he would fire me at this moment. The mere fact that he insulted what I just nurtured was making my blood boiled.

"If looks could kill, you'll be dead meat right now."

Sir Sebastian just chuckled at my remark. "Why, yes, but cer