As soon as Cecilia left, Stefan turned to Lucinda and and addressed his concern, "You've been so busy; are you tired?"
"Well, I wasn't really busy all morning. Only after I finished the updates, then I went to do some grocery shopping and then cooking."
Seeing that her hair was a bit messy, Stefan smoothed it out for her and tucked it behind her ear, "I did offer to help you know, but you wouldn't let me. Look at you, even your hair's all over the place." Lucinda caught his hand and chuckled, "Nah, I'm not tired. Having you take care of me like this, even if I'm exhausted, it's all worth it."
"Everyone's here. We've got two more dishes to make. Let's each do one."
"You only have one pot, right?"
Lucinda laughed, "I have two pots. I'll go get the other one."
"No need. Those two dishes won't take too long to prepare. You go and chat with them. I'll whip them up in no time."
"Okay then, I'll head out. Holler if you need me for anything without any hesitation."
Stefan gave his face a little slap indicating something to Lucinda.
Lucinda glanced at the kitchen door, quickly pecked him on the cheek, and before he could react, she hurriedly left the kitchen. Once outside, she casually walked towards her partners as if nothing had happened.
"Is the shop locked?" Lucinda casually asked as she sat next to Cecilia.
"Cecilia asked Mr. Martinez to watch it for now. We'll take over after lunch,"
A staff member answered.
Lucinda glanced at her friend teasingly, making Cecilia want to pinch her.
agreed to watch
where else can you find such a sweet deal? Back when business wasn't going so good, we
said, "Yeah, yeah, such good fortune is
might feel hard done
"Where's Mr. Coleman?"
being the
the family's protection, they can fend for themselves." Lucinda had been married to Stefan for a while at that point and their relationship had only got better. But she rarely talked about her husband in
heard Lucinda praising him and
look at the difference between Mr. Coleman and Mr. Malicious,
handful of seeds to munch
Harry Martinez was also a decent young man, but Trenton favored Owen more, hence
lean towards the
group chatted for a while before Stefan announced from the
small dining table, arranged the chairs, and then went to the kitchen to help
everything else was seafood, even the soup. It was a
you want
mini fridge door
Besides, I can't hold
said, "Then you'd better not. We're counting on you to make some
a
he naturally wouldn't
do you have a thermal lunch box?
I'll go get
it, Cecilia filled half of it with rice, then brought it out and added a bit
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