Chapter 620 Helping in the Kitchen

Sonia nodded. “I’ll just make some home cooked dishes then.”

“Alright. I’ll help you.” Toby stood up.

As she stared suspiciously at him, she clarified, “You want to help me?”

“Do you have a problem with that?” he countered.

“You’ve never been in the kitchen,” Sonia pointed out while feeling the bowl in her hands. “Are you sure you’d be able to help?”

It wasn’t that she looked down on him.

It was because he had led a comfortable life since birth and never had to engage in menial labor of any sort.

His hands had all along been made for fountain pens, not kitchen knives.

That was the reason why she truly didn’t believe he could help.

Moreover, even Sonia had never done any housework when she was a young child. The only reason why she knew how to cook was because Jean had forced her to learn that skill during the six year marriage to Toby.

Before she married, she hadn’t known how to cook either.

As Toby heard the skepticism in Sonia’s tone, he stiffened. “I can help.”

As a man, he absolutely couldn’t admit to not being able to do something.

Besides, while in Kosovo, he had learned how to make the hangover soup through the internet. That in itself could be counted as learning to cook.

Thus, he shouldn’t have a problem helping out now… Right?

At any rate, that was what Toby thought.

Seeing how earnest he seemed, Sonia didn’t second-guess him any longer.

After all, for him to boldly say such a thing meant he had to have some ability.

Not to mention, considering how much he knew and how well he did in other things, it ought to be no problem for him to help in the kitchen.

With that in mind, Sonia pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said, “Since you want to help, come along then.”

After saying that, she headed toward the kitchen.

eager Toby followed

at the kitchen, she pulled the ingredients for the dishes that they would

sink and thereafter, she left a bundle of sweet potato leaves on a plate and handed

blankly stared at it.

pointed at the plate. “Once you have done so, put

at the bundle of sweet

he supposed to

Weren’t they already plucked?

else was he supposed to pluck

with

moving, a

I’ll go and pluck them outside,” Toby answered with

admit to not knowing how to pluck these

here he was, stymied by the first task that she gave him.

kitchen and secretly searched the internet for how to prepare

him of searching for an excuse to leave the kitchen because he didn’t want her to know of

small and indeed quite crowded with both of them inside. Hence, she nodded in agreement. “Go on.

before leaving

area, he walked up to the dinner table and placed the plate on it before he produced his cell phone from the pocket of his pajama pants. After unlocking the phone, he took a picture of the leafy green on the plate and used

the information he needed about this vegetable

reading through the introduction, Toby finally

aside as he grinned and began to pinch the leaves off

glanced down at his handiwork and smiled. It looks rather good. I’m sure

up, Toby carried

squash inside the kitchen. Her movements were fluid and attractive; in a few short seconds, she had the

of footsteps, she put down the knife in her hand and turned to see him entering with the plate. With a smile,

He nodded and grunted.

bad. You were faster than I

you think I did?” he asked in an almost imperceptibly nervous and expectant tone as

well, she might not have necessarily agreed with

his nervousness was

hoped that Sonia would be impressed with his work as

sifted through the leaves with her free hand before delivering her verdict with

was looking at him in

had indeed done quite well. There were virtually no old stems and each leaf was

some

that he was relieved to receive Sonia’s approval, he smiled even more broadly

mouth twitched. “Not hesitating to accept the compliment, I

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