Lina had some concerns. “It’s not that. I just returned to this family and haven’t spent much time with my parents. It’ll be difficult for them to part with me, even though they don’t say it out loud. Moreover, my mother in Jangasas hasn’t fully recovered yet, and I want to take care of her longer.”

Zuko affectionately patted her head. Even if he couldn’t wait any longer, he had to respect her filial piety.

“Alright.” He smiled. “There’s no rush. Besides, I’ll be with you when you go abroad for further studies.”

Lina happily gave him a loud kiss on the cheek.

Zuko was slightly stunned.

The innocent Lina did not realize that something was off with the way he looked at her. She wanted to kiss him on the other cheek, only for him to grab her wrist and pull her down onto the bed.

“Ah!” Lina let out a soft cry.

They were now so close that their noses were almost touching. She could clearly feel his gradually warming breaths and body temperature, and…

Lina blushed instantly and turned her head away, refusing to look at him.

“What’s wrong?” Zuko smirked. “You don’t want to marry me, and I can’t claim some compensation either?”

“W-What do you want?”

He whispered in her ear, “I was thinking about some morning exercises…”

“Zuko!”

a deep kiss. She

until she was out of breath from his kiss that he finally let her

and beautiful and should be saved for

“Lina…”

face was

love you,” Zuko

hazy mind suddenly snapped to

all there was in his clear

you before, but from

her hand on his waist and nestled in his arms with a smile. “I won’t get tired of it.

grow old and senile and don’t recognize anyone anymore? What should

doesn’t matter,” Zuko said with a smile. “These three words are your remedy. As long as I say

getting closer. Melissa’s condition was stable enough that she could be discharged from the

worried that Melissa might secretly return to Jangasas, so she transferred Dave

for them to stay, but Jesse and

getting ill. In the past, she was most afraid of others saying Lina was not her biological daughter. Now that Lina had reunited with her biological parents, a big burden

really had not raised her for nothing over the past 20

was why, while she appreciated the Thompsons’ kindness, she did not want to take

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