Mr. CEO's Young Mistress
Chapter 3: I’ve Missed You, Master Leonard

The man's sharp eyes swept over the living room before landing on the sleeping woman on the sofa.

He frowned and pressed his lips together as he walked towards her.

Surprised, Kelly glanced over,

The man had bent over to collect Sharon into his arms. While his actions may seem rough, he couldn't be more gentle.

"Sir, I'll prepare some food," Kelley said, looking at the man who was carrying Sharon upstairs.

"Alright," The man replied in a low voice.

Kelley watched him enter a room on the second floor with Sharon in his arms before turning around and walking towards the kitchen.

The room was decorated carefully and clearly belonged to a young lady.

Leonard held Sharon with one arm while the other gently placed her onto the bed.

Just when he was about to pull his arm back, she suddenly opened her eyes. She looked at his face drowsily before placing a hand on his cheek.

Her voice was raspy, and she spoke softly, "Master Leonard, your trip this time took so long. I've missed you!"

Leonard's eyes softened. He lowered his head to give her a gentle peck on the forehead. His voice was rich as he commanded, "Sleep."

Sharon looked into his eyes for quite some time before finally giving in and closing her eyes.

Leonard turned around and sat on the edge of the bed. He held her hand and gazed at her sleeping face gentlely. After a long time, he finally replied, "I missed you, too." She either heard him or was having a nice dream because she suddenly gave a small smile.

At her smile, Leonard's usual rigid face also broke out into a small smile.

Knock, knock!

Leonard instantly dropped his smile.

He got up and covered her body with a blanket before walking out.

"Sir, your food is ready." Kelley was waiting outside the door and notified him respectfully when he came out.

Leonard walked downstairs. "Did anything happen during my business trip?"

Whenever he asked this kind of question, he was usually referring to Sharon specifically.

Kelley followed Leonard and said, "No, Miss has been behaving herself."

Behaving herself?

Leonard stopped in his tracks and turned to glance at Kelley, "Her? Behaving herself?"

The corners of Kelley's mouth twitched. "Yes, she's been a good girl."

Leonard narrowed his eyes and continued down the stairs. "You're dismissed for tonight. Go ahead and rest." "Very well, sir," Kelley answered.

She watched him descend the stairs before letting out a breath of relief and returning to her room.

Sharon woke up to replace herself in her bed and was baffled.

Her head still in a daze, she laid in bed, unmoving. Suddenly, she shot out of the room, barefooted.

Arriving at the room next to hers, she didn't even knock before rushing in. "Master Leonard, I— oof!"

Before she fully entered the room, Sharon slammed into someone and her head spun. Fortunately, someone managed to catch her by the waist just in time.

The scent of a man, fresh out of the bath, wafted to her nose. Sharon rubbed her nose and head and opened her eyes to stare at his face, pouting.

His face impassive, Leonard flicked the back of Sharon's hand that was covering her forehead and snorted. "Jumping around like a monkey so early in the morning, how unsightly!" Sharon pounced on him and grabbed the back of his neck. She started rubbing herself against him, showing her displeasure.

Unbeknownst to her, Leonard's lips had curled up as he gently patted her head. His voice was soft. "Alright, enough of that. It was my bad for coming home late. I'm sorry."

"Hmmph!" Sharon was still pouting. "Why didn't you wake me up when you came back?"

Leonard saw her bare feet on the floor. He lifted her gently and placed her feet on top of his.

Sharon glanced at her own feet, shrugged innocently and said, "I forgot."

Leonard shook his head, helplessly. He looked back at her and said, seriously, "Go ask Kelley whether I tried to wake you."

Sharon immediately went silent. Unsure, she stared at Leonard, doe-eyed. "Did you really?"

"You slept like a log and wouldn't budge, no matter how hard I tried," Leonard convincingly said.

Sharon blushed and grinned, guilty. She slowly removed her arms from Leonard's neck. Twirling strands of her hair, she mumbled, "Well, I thought you didn't. Hehe." Leonard stared at Shanon lovingly as he released her. "Go wash up. Breakfast is ready."

Sharon nodded and quickly ran back to her room.

Leonard only shook his head. He walked out of his room and headed downstairs.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐