Zuko glanced at Chris.

He was really lacking backbone! What on earth did this girl have that made a tough special forces soldier like him so afraid?

Zuko cleared his throat a couple of times, then copied Chris by bending down to clean the kitchen floor.

Lena did not pay any attention to them. She opened the fridge and took out ribs, abalones, chicken wings, sea cucumbers, and even an Australian lobster. She then preheated the steamer and the oven and donned an apron.

Zuko asked softly, “Lena, are you cooking?”

Lena’s face remained expressionless as she replied, “Yes.”

“Such a sumptuous dinner?”

Nicholas and Linda were getting older, so they usually had light dinners to avoid putting too much strain on their bodies. At most, they would have some soup or consume nutritional supplements.

spread Lena was preparing looked like a feast. ‘Perhaps it is intended for

exchanged knowing smiles, understanding each other

her strength,” Lena explained as she started seasoning

Are you making

give him a faint look, thinking, ‘Who else could it be for if

from Pammy.

brows, crossed her arms, and sighed. She then returned the delicacies to the fridge, leaving Zuko and

“Uh…”

Thompson have already had their soup. So, there won’t be anyone

responded before Zuko. “The two of us don’t count

“Oh, you two?”

big eyes seemed innocent and pure, but Chris felt like she implied, “Oh, you two? Are you

laugh, feeling that it was getting awkward to stay there.

to leave

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