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.

worry, Arion, even if Carrie tries to skip a meal, I’ll make sure

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

tucked a loose strand of hair behind her

“I wish you could live carefree—no worries, just eating

and brief, left a trail of

on their own plates, giving the two space. To the others, Carrie’s obvious discomfort looked like simple shyness. Only Daxton, keenly attuned to her, noticed the

lightly cupped her cheek with his palm for a moment

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to pull away, Daxton finally withdrew his hand and

breakfast, the Morrison family wasted no time trying to push Carrie and Daxton

and suggested, “Daxton, I

chimed in, “A friend of mine just opened a new fine dining

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