Chapter 940

Whenever Lena wasn't too busy, she'd come to Keira's café to learn how to make coffee and desserts.

"Look at this! Doesn't it look even better than yours?" Lena bragged, showing off her latest creation with a grin.

As a teacher, Keira believed in encouragement over criticism. "The student surpasses the master. You've done great.

"I think so too," she said, smirking. "If-l-ever-lose my job, at least I'll have a skill to fall back

on."

Keira chuckled. "What's that supposed to mean? Are you planning to steal my livelihood?" "A thriving industry isn't built on one success-it flourishes when it's full of competition," she declared with her own brand of logic. She wasn't wrong; no industry thrived with just one dominant player.

"Teaching the apprentice only to starve the master," Keira joked with a sigh.

"No worries. If you go bankrupt, I'll hire you for a ridiculously high salary to work for me," she replied with mock seriousness.

a thumbs-up. "Between the two of us, you're definitely the better boss-

for a living. If I weren't ruthless, I'd

spent their days laughing and chatting like that, and with her company,

stopped by the café every day to help out. He even took care of most of the cleaning in the

is pretty great. I think I want to get married too," Lena mused for the

or is your estrogen surging and demanding a release?" "Both," she admitted freely, unbothered by

then, just go and pick someone up," Keira suggested

staring at the sky. "Those

tell me you're still thinking about Professor Neumann. If you reach

waiting for you," Kelra teased, referring to Nate, who had vanished after

already chewed on that grass-it's boring now," she replied with a grin that hinted at her playful, cavalier attitude, Keira smirked. "Then find someone interesting someone who'll give you a run for your

"What did

to let go. If another woman snatches him up, it'd be

said, her tone half-joking, half-serious. "I'm already on edge thinking he might one day cut ties with the Ace family. My parents wouldn't

at Keira thoughtfully. "Do you think his silence lately means he's having second thoughts because of what I

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