Our Little Project

“You’re not going to eat? Are you and the baby not hungry?” Hayden asked from across the table.

I doubt anyone could get hungry when faced with this kind of food. However, I couldn’t bring myself to tell Hayden that after all the effort that he put in to ensure the best food for me and the baby.

“I’m not that hungry but I’ll eat…” I replied before forcing a smile.

“Do you want me to feed you?” Hayden asked.

“Umm…no. There’s no need for you to do that,” I refused while trying to maintain my smile.

“The food looks and tastes bad, doesn’t it?” Hayden asked but it didn’t really feel like a question.

I guess he did realize it after all. There’s no point in lying about it now so I just nodded at my head in response.

“You should have told me. I can fire the chef or get the nutritionist to change something to make it more palatable,” Hayden said as he stared at me from across the table.

“I just didn’t want to burden you with something like this. Plus, I guess it isn’t that bad when I