Chapter 227 The Male Lead of Penelope

Penelope was torn about whether to accept the shrimp that Everett was offering when Zackary had already snatched it with his chopsticks and popped it directly into his mouth.

In Penelope's astonishment, he elegantly and confidently ate the piece of shrimp, "Hmm, it tastes good."

After saying this, he acted as if nothing had happened, took a shrimp out of the pot, and began to peel it skillfully.

Zackary's action of peeling shrimp seemed much more skilled than Everett's.

Back when he and Penelope were deeply in love, every time they ate shrimp, he would peel the shrimp for her.

She was lazy and loved to act spoiled. She would always pout her lips, her big watery eyes looking at him pitifully, waiting for him to serve her shrimp.

High and mighty Mr. Zackary, always being served by others, he had never done such work as peeling shrimp!

He had never imagined that one day, he would willingly peel shrimp for a woman. But when he met Penelope's expectant gaze, his heart of steel softened into putty. All his principles, all his pride, were cast aside. He only wanted to do everything he could to make this little woman happy.

Practice makes perfect, and moreover, as he continued to peel, he also found joy in peeling shrimp.

Every time he peeled the shrimp for her, she would reward him, offering her red lips willingly.

On those rosy lips, Zackary felt that he wouldn't mind not only peeling shrimps for her, but even if he had to peel tigers for her every day, he would still find it sweet.

His thoughts slowly returned, and Zackary's gaze involuntarily fell on Penelope's lips.

Over four years had passed, and though she bore many scars, her face still retained the innocent look of the young girl she once was.

The only thing that annoyed him was that Everett, this big light bulb, was always shining and radiating heat.

Zackary had dipped the shrimp in that super spicy sauce before pleasingly placing it on the small plate in front of Penelope.

"Penelope, shrimp."

Penelope glanced at the shrimp in the plate in front of her, her expression slightly dazed. She couldn't help but recall the old times when he used to peel shrimp for her.

Just, people always change.

Back then, eating shrimp dipped in hot sauce was the best taste, but now, her eating spicy food is simply risking her life.

Penelope stiffly shifted her gaze away from the shrimp, speaking lightly, "Mr. Spencer, I don't eat spicy food."

Zackary's frown deepened, how could this be possible?! How could someone who loved spicy food suddenly stop eating it?!

It must have been the light bulb being too bright!

In the moment that Zackary was lost in thought, Everett had already peeled several shrimp for Penelope. She didn't want to eat the shrimp that Everett had peeled for her. She was indifferent to him and didn't want to flirt with him.

However, her mind was in such a mess that she didn't even notice the several shrimp pieces that had been added to her dipping sauce bowl. Unknowingly, she had already put them into her mouth.

Zackary's handsome face turned black with a hint of purple from jealousy.

Did she really like eating the shrimp peeled by this big light bulb?!

Zackary didn't want Penelope to eat the shrimp that Everett had peeled for her, but if he were to snatch those few pieces of shrimp from her dipping sauce bowl now, it would make him seem too childish. He was somewhat unable to swallow his pride.

Just as Zackary was so jealous that he wanted to throw his love rival into the Atlantic to feed the fish, Everett's phone suddenly rang.

After hanging up the phone, his handsome face, usually calm and composed, was tinged with a hint of seriousness. He put on his suit jacket and spoke softly to Penelope, "Penelope, there's an emergency on my end that I need to attend to. I'll be heading back first. Tomorrow night, I'll pick you up to have dinner at your grandfather's house."

"Alright." Penelope responded reflexively.

Receiving Penelope's response, a faint smile tugged at the corners of Everett's mouth. He gave her a deep look, then quickly headed towards the exit of the small apartment.

What a load of crap!

Zackary gritted his teeth secretly, he absolutely wouldn't give his love rival a chance to shine tomorrow night!

However, once his rival had left, Zackary instantly felt the air in the small apartment become more pleasant. After peeling a shrimp for Ethan, he started to peel another one for Penelope in an attempt to please her. "Penelope, do you really not like spicy food, or are you still mad at me?"

"Mr. Spencer, people always change. I used to like you, used to enjoy spicy food, but now, everything has changed."

Penelope half-lowered her eyelids, focusing on eating hot pot, too lazy to pay any more attention to Zackary.

The thought that Penelope meant she no longer liked him made Zackary's heart skip a beat. But on second thought, her words implied that she had liked him before, which instantly made him feel incredibly relieved.

Once the sea was hard to be water, he believed, her fondness for him was not just once, but forever and ever.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have given birth to their child at all costs, and she also paid so much for Ethan.

The more he thought about it, the more relieved he felt. Zackary put down the chopsticks in his hand, and just like before, after peeling the shrimp, he wanted to ask Penelope for a kiss.

He hadn't even pulled Penelope into his arms when his phone started ringing urgently again.

It was Samuel who called.

In Samuel's voice, there was a careful nervousness, "Boss, did you read that novel?"

"Mm-hmm."

Hearing Zackary's inscrutable and indiscernible "Hmm", Samuel's little heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and he kindly broke out in a cold sweat for that online writer.

"Boss, should I... should I ban that online writer, Sol?"

"No need!" Zackary's lips curled into a rare radiant smile, "Give her a million, and replace the male lead!"

After saying this, Zackary immediately hung up the phone.

Did they replace the male lead?!

Samuel was utterly confused, who was supposed to replace the male lead?!

In an instant, Samuel understood. The boss was planning to use money to overwhelm Sol, to make her change the male lead to him!

The one who spent the whole day with Ms. Sullivan, didn't they just become the boss?!

The boss was really shameless!

Shameless Zackary, without feeling the slightest bit of shame for his behavior, even silently praised his own cleverness in his heart.

It was Penelope, however, who was completely upset after hearing his conversation with Samuel.

He actually wanted to replace the male lead in "Overbearing CEO Dotes on Internet Celebrity Little Wife" with himself?!

Who gave him that face!

"Mr. Spencer, I disagree!" Penelope put down her chopsticks and spoke righteously to Zackary.

"Penelope, the leading man in your life could only be me!"

Without giving Penelope any chance to refuse, Zackary pulled her into his arms and forcefully pressed his lips onto hers.

Ethan quietly took a bite of his food, thinking about his conversation with Aliya earlier that day. Aliya had said that when they saw their parents kissing and hugging, they had to close their eyes and tell their parents they hadn't seen anything. Ethan quickly closed his eyes too.

To prove that he really couldn't see, he even covered his eyes with his little hands.

"Dad and Mom, you can continue kissing, Ethan has covered his eyes, he can't see anything!"

Penelope felt completely terrible. Never in her life had she been so embarrassed in front of Ethan!

Abruptly pushing Zackary away, Penelope was about to kick him out, aiming to maintain her dignified image in front of Ethan, when she received a phone call.

Corona had an accident!