Chapter 737

Jared ambled over, and he and Agnes began to eat.

Agnes had prepared a sumptuous meal, including medium rare steak, pot roast, Caesar salad, and a bowl of clam chowder.

It took Agnes a long time to prepare the food.

Over the years in Manhattan, she had been so busy with work, she barely had time to cook.

She usually just had a sandwich.

And Nocturne, who had a long slumber schedule and difficulty digesting complex foods, usually ate simpler food. Fortunately, Nocturne never got sick of the simple diet.

Jared had already started to dig in.

Agnes was inexplicably nervous, “How is it? Do you like it?”

Jared tried a bit of everything, then said candidly, “The steak is a bit overcooked, I’ll deduct ten points. The pot roast is leaning on the saltier side, another ten off. The vegetables could be fresher so that’s twenty off. And it tastes like you forgot the salt in the clam chowder. That’s another ten off.”

flaw according to Jared. If he were to grade it, it would

palate, coupled

could she

down her fork, saying, “Maybe

plate. “It’s prepared by my wife, so it

way Jared said it

had been many years since Agnes had heard the endearing term ‘wife‘. Watching Jared relish his meal, the corners of Agnes‘ mouth instinctively curled up.

continued their lunch together.

and was

her chin on her arm and watched Jared eat.

his eating could be appreciated as an art form

and composure, making

“Am I that

grinned, “You’re a feast

utensils seriously, “Agnes, are you

teasing lilt in Jared’s voice, nerves fluttered within

and handed it over,

“I’ll let it slide

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