Lena stared at the feast in front of her with mixed emotions. The crab was buttery and rich, the shrimp was juicy, and the dumplings were bursting with flavor. Each dish was even more delicious than the last.

But as tasty as everything was, Lena couldn't help feeling a bit irritated.

She was convinced Annika and Josefina had teamed up to embarrass her!

But it's not like she had told anyone she was planning to get seafood herself!

And seriously, how could Josefina have arranged for all this seafood to be flown in on such short notice?

Lena's head spun with confusion, but eventually, she decided to blame Josefina.

It was all Josefina's fault!

With renewed determination, Lena dug into the meal.

If Josefina had bought it, she was going to make sure she got her fill!

...

As dinner wrapped up, Josefina chatted with everyone for a while.

Garrett piped up, "Josie, Dorian's got a surprise for you. Let's go check it out."

he looked at Josefina. "I hope

asked, "What is


me," Dorian

stood and followed Dorian

past the gazebo, skirted the ornamental pond, and stopped at a

little cottage with

"but I turned it into a lab. I talked to some medical experts and set it

was floored

found a massive laboratory filled with all kinds of scientific

sidelines, was

was a medical

Dorian thought to build

her own family,

not that Dorian didn't want to build you a lab; it's just

-


research." s

a one-of-a-kind

reassure Lena that she wasn't

would always have her place in

"Mom, Dad, might be a little jealous of how well Dorian treats my sister but he should be good to her. She's gone through

seemed to be

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