Chapter 1031:

His long fingers made even the simplest tasks look effortlessly graceful. Jenesis nudged Carrie with her elbow and teased, “Daxton really is easy on the eyes.”

“Carrie, you’re lucky—you’ll have someone handsome to look at every day. With a view like this every morning, who needs breakfast?”

Across the table, Arion set a glass of milk firmly by Carrie’s hand and grumbled, “No way! Carrie, you can’t survive on eye candy alone! You have to eat properly and take care of yourself.”

Though he spoke to Carrie, his wary gaze remained locked on Daxton.

Carrie sighed, exasperated. “Arion, what are you even talking about?”

Jenesis chimed in with a laugh, “Exactly! You silly boy—don’t you know what a figure of speech is? I told you to read more, not just goof around!”

Meanwhile, Daxton placed the peeled egg neatly onto Carrie’s plate. Taking the hot towel a servant offered, he wiped his hands slowly and smiled.

Carrie tries to skip a meal, I’ll make sure she eats. I’ll make sure

up the egg when she paused mid-bite, frowning. “Why does that sound like you’re trying

a loose strand of hair behind her ear,

said quietly, “I wish you could live carefree—no worries,

light and brief, left a trail of heat along her skin,

focused on their own plates, giving the two space. To the others, Carrie’s obvious

he lightly cupped her cheek with his palm for a

gⱯ𝗅𝗇0ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰𝗈𝗺, 𝒲𝗁𝒾𝗇𝑒 𝓬𝓱𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝗼𝗻

finally withdrew his hand and murmured, “You’re too

the Morrison family wasted no time

theater tickets on the table and suggested, “Daxton, I have these tickets to a play. Why not take Carrie to

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