At the barbecue restaurant.

Norah climbed the stairs with a food box in hand, bursting into Xavier’s room with pride shining in her eyes. She carefully laid out the dishes and said, “I’ve made chicken soup, specially learned it. Give it a taste, will you?”

Xavier sat up, a look of disdain crossing his face, “A grown man like me, drinking chicken soup?”

“Hey, don’t be s@xist, alright?” Norah chided, “What’s wrong with a man having soup? Men have their weak moments too, you know. They need to nourish themselves.”

Xavier raised an eyebrow at her, “Where’d you pick up that dirty line?”

Realizing what she’d said, Norah blushed slightly, “You’re the one with your mind in the gutter!”

Xavier steered the conversation back, “The soup does smell good, I’ll give you that.”

She handed him the soup, her eyes filled with anticipation, “Just try a sip, then tell me what you think?”

Xavier chuckled, “Why don’t you try it? You’re using me as a guinea pig!”

playfully, “When you make something yourself, you’ve got rose-tinted glasses on; you can’t taste

Xavier took a sip and kept

eyes sparkled, “It’s my first time making it, so maybe I do have a knack

you need that knack? When will you ever need to cook?” Xavier said

feels pretty good,” Norah said casually yet with a hint of meaning, her

gulp down the soup, not

two others entered the

peak lunchtime, and the place was packed with patrons. Damian and

Estelle, Damian immediately came over, looking

on Gabriel, someone he vaguely recognized. After greeting them, he remembered that on the day their boss returned, this

superior aloofness, which made Damian feel the man was of no ordinary status, so he

Xavier’s injury? Is he behaving, smoking

He quickly stepped forward, taking Estelle by the arm, “Ms. MacClain, it’s quite a mess upstairs. Let me find a spot for you and Mr. Lamont down here. Haven’t had lunch

asked in

off guard and under Jonathan’s imposing

came bounding down the stairs, calling out with joy,

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