Chapter 282

Dinner ingredients were all prepped and neatly arranged on the kitchen counter, vibrant green okra, sliced portobello mushrooms, and beautifully red cubes of steak… It all looked quite professional.

Next to the main cooking area, Joy was setting up another stove, getting ready to make some pasta.

Leanne didn’t quite understand why this culinary showdown had started in the first place. She had already started coughing, trying to convince Joy, “Stop it, he’s almost done.”

Joy whispered to her, “Just eat mine, don’t touch his.”

By the time she finished cooking and served it up, Curtis’ dishes were already beautifully presented on the table.

Sautéed portobello with seared steak, shrimp and tofu stew, blanched okra, stir-fried

asparagus…

Joy then looked at her pasta. Even though it had an egg, some beef, and mushrooms, making for a balanced diet, it seemed rather plain compared to Curtis’ flavorful dishes.

Even she wouldn’t choose her cooking over his dishes.

Her competitive spirit eventually lost to the hard reality of gastronomy.

Leanne was sick, after all. She deserved to eat something good.

“Forget it, just have his chicken soup,” Joy conceded, pushing the pasta towards herself to eat instead.

three portions,

as a diamond. “Me, eat

soup instantly filled the room, carrying with it a hint of coconut from the astragalus added to it, along with other herbs, making Joy’s mouth

with her utensils for a good five

too much for just the two of

slowly, chuckled, “I thought you were

soup, looked up at him

glaring at me for?” Curtis’ mocking tone took a turn, adopting a falsely admiring one towards Joy, “It’s

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like you.”

Joy was speechless..

the battle, Joy wanted to redeem herself by insisting on washing the dishes. Curtis didn’t argue, graciously

kitchen until it shone, and came out hoping to claim. some credit

Curtis was gently offering Leanne a glass

her medicine with.

feverish and aching all over, tried

when he

merely hummed in

landing on her slender waist, “Let me

her feverish and painful state, she almost didn’t resist,

enough now.

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