“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?”

kept giggling. “Lucky, you haven’t consumed any. One bowl and I promise you’ll be insatiable like a starved wolf. Marcus wouldn’t

was stunned

up with him?” Linda hooked an arm around Cordelia’s neck. “You’re having your period, yet he wants you active and wild

at her and stopped her

stop.” Linda helped her back

the bowl of nourishing soup was not Cordelia’s

I have something serious to

in her smile and

Johnson’s office this morning and heard

Cordelia’s face fell.

had hit Karine the other day,

she had yet to send out her resume. She also

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