Chapter 590: Dream house

"Can I invite both of you for lunch?" She looked at her watch, surprised, seeing that it was way past noon. She had been carried away with her presentation that she had not noticed it was already lunchtime. 

In her excuse, the unexpected meeting was not on her schedule for the day. Therefore, she had not prepared anything for her guests. 

Finally, she decided that treating them outside for something to eat was the least she could do for their time and pledge of support to her cause.

"I will not say no to that," Alex stated, feeling the silent growling of his stomach since they had not consumed anything that morning. "I am famished." He added, looking at her wife, daring her to make a remark.

He suggested grabbing something to eat on their way to the meeting. But his wife was so anxious to even think about eating anything.