His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 56

Inside the apartment, Stephen was wearing an apron and cooking dinner for Tessa. Leaning against the kitchen doorframe with her arms crossed, she watched him with an amused expression.

"Who would've thought someone like you could cook?" she teased.

Stephen calmly rinsed the vegetables. "Didn't you ask me last time where I got the food I brought you?" Turning slightly, he gave her a faint smile. "I made it myself."

Tessa couldn't hide her surprise. "You cooked it yourself? Why did it taste exactly like the dishes my mom used to make?"

Stephen smiled. "I learned it from your mom during the few meals I had at your place."

She raised an eyebrow, skeptical. "Impossible. You only came over a few times back then."

The first time they met, she had just turned ten. Her mother passed away shortly after her 12th birthday.

In the two years between those events, Stephen had visited her house fewer than five times. How could he have possibly learned her mom's cooking skills?

"I don't believe you," she said, giving him a suspicious look.

into thin strips and then marinated the beef. "Remember how I said I'd

have to do with cooking?" she

"It's related."

"Alright then."

soup-beef and celery skillet, tomato frittata, and zucchini

altogether. But with Stephen cooking and the dishes perfectly matching her taste, she surprisingly finished a whole serving. The

dishes, but Stephen stopped her. "You sit down. I'll

you're so handy in the kitchen. Should

chuckled and flicked her forehead lightly. "I'll

ever mindful of boundaries,

leaving, Tessa leaned against the doorframe, looking at his handsome face

ask to stay. Was it because she wasn't as attractive to him

Well, her figure was certainly

expression and smiled. "What are you looking at? Why

she coughed awkwardly and shook her head. "It's nothing. Be safe on the

left, carrying the

figure, she couldn't help but smile. The man was so upright it was

have a single

...

being questioned. He was set to be detained, but his assistant arrived just in time to