Her Precious Baby

Chapter 291

The light of guile glimmered in her eyes. “Hey, you're offering your help voluntarily, right? I never forced you to do anything.”

Evander said nothing. Instead, he whipped out an apron from the cabinet and tied it around his lower body. Then he slid liis hands into a pair of gloves.

Angeline was surprised he'd do that. So he's serious about this? Very well, then. She quickly took the ingredients for her cake from the cabinet and laid them out on the table.

“If you're making cakes for kids, then you have to go with plant-based cream, just enough sugar, and superfine flour.” Angeline was explaining the steps to cakemaking patiently as she taught him how to whip the cream.

Thanks to his prior—albeit scarce—experience in the kitchen. Evander was no longer a total klutz. Soon enough, he produced a small basin of whipped cream. “Does this work?”

Despite her surprise at how quickly he was learning, Angeline coolly said, “Yes.” She tried to stay calm and put some distance between them.

And then the microwave trilled. Angeline quickly snapped out of her thoughts and slid some mittens over her hands. Then she took the cake's base out of the microwave. “Flavor isn't the only tiling that matters in this case. You want the child to love it, so you have to also make the cake look pretty.”

She placed the cake's base before Evander and solemnly said, “Give it your best shot. First, spread some cream on it.”

a cake is a slow process that requires painstaking effort to create. I wonder if

Evander agreed to the task. “Very

on the cake's base with the tube of cream he had in liis hand. However, he was a newbie, and he moved at snail's pace. Angeline could barely make out what he was trying to create, yet she was

her. Focusing on the task at hand, he answered, “I've been really busy lately. Barely spent

lately. The thought itself made her heart hurt, and she complained,

and he squeezed a big pile of cream on the

not.” She shot him a scornful, mocking look. “Francesca's been taking care of Floretta since forever.

Angeline let on, but she refrained from any further comments. If she went straight to the point, it'd look like she was trying to sabotage Evander's relationship with Olivine. Evander didn't need any more hints,

for a moment, then she quickly bowred. “Sir, I didn't mean to hide this from you. but ever since Ms. Sherrock came, Floretta has been crying for days. She

face fell, and he hissed. “And yet you

and she shivered. She responded aggrievedly, “I would've told you, but Ms. Sherrock

to turn her employer's mood around, so she added. “She's your fiancee. She wouldn't hurt Floretta, but the girl misses Ms.

but liis eyes were gleaming with dark fury, and liis hands were clenched into fists. Angeline, too, felt upset. Floretta wasn't her real daughter, but after

own.

girl. Floretta must have suffered under that witch. “Mr. Golding, if you're reluctant to send your fiancee elsewhere, I don't mind