Lena smiled as she gently stroked Alexander's head. He didn't feel distant from her at all. When he noticed she had more pepperoni slices on her pizza, he playfully snatched them.

"Hey, why are you taking my pepperoni?" Lena protested.

"The owner is clearly biased, giving you so much!" Alexander countered.

"No way, you can't just take them!" Lena chuckled. "These are pepperoni with love from the owner!"

"I am growing and need to eat more!" Alexander quipped.

They chatted and finished their pizzas quickly.

Lena considered ordering another one for Alexander when she heard a sweet voice say, "Miss!" just as she was about to get up.

Surprised, she turned to see a cute little girl dashing toward her. "Nala?"

tightly and nuzzled her head

little girl with two braids and a puffy princess dress. She resembled the princess they had

she be a real princess from

him before asking Lena, "Miss, who is

"He's—"

an excellent student in school. He works really hard. Nala,

smiled and looked up.

a meal

just didn't expect to see you eating at a small

from Julius. "It's the weekend, and I'm out with Nala. She got hungry, and I found good reviews for this place, so we came! I didn't expect

smiled. "Are you personally treating

her younger brother when he signaled her to stop. He shook

wasn't sure why. His instinct told him that

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