“Linda? What’s wrong?”

Cordelia was afraid that Linda had accidentally burned herself as she took so long in the kitchen, so she got up to check on her. Unexpectedly, Linda was giggling at the pot of soup like a mad woman.

“This is…” Cordelia froze. This was the scent she had been smelling since she got up in the morning!

Linda held back her laughter and looked at her with a meaningful gaze. “Don’t react too badly if I tell you, okay?”

“What’s the matter?”

“So all these are herbs…” Linda picked up some ingredients and explained, “These are ginseng slices, this is black fungus, these are fennels…

“The rest are common. You know them too. Goji berries, ginger…”

Cordelia was confused. “What are these for? Why did Marcus make this soup for me?”

“Lucky, you haven’t consumed any. One bowl and I promise you’ll be insatiable like

stunned before

hooked an arm around Cordelia’s neck. “You’re

at her and stopped her from saying

Linda

bowl of nourishing soup was not Cordelia’s to take. Linda made her some honey

yeah, I have something serious

Linda reel in her smile and put on a serious expression.

by Mr. Johnson’s office this morning and heard him talking to

Cordelia’s face fell.

Karine’s uncle, a major shareholder in the company. She had hit Karine the other day,

get to stay in the company now, but she had yet to send out her

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