Chapter 172 The dining room of the Hughes family mansion was one-of-a-kind.

The walls were glass, from floor to ceiling, offering a sweeping panorama of the scenery. Through the open windows, the scent of countless flowers wafted in on a light breeze.

If you listened closely, you could even hear the clicks and chirps of the wildlife outside.

Having a meal in a place like this would be a feast for all the senses!

Rich people sure have it good, Willow thought to herself.

Presented upon the dining table were luxuries flown in by air from abroad: premium-grade king crab, lobster, a whole platter of assorted raw fish sashimi...

It was a feast of seafood... a fantastic festival of flavors and colors!

Just the sight of it already had Willow drooling.

She'd always loved seafood... but Buscen City was nowhere near the sea, which made seafood items costly there. Struggling to feed four children meant that having seafood was out of the question.

been five years since

grateful lungs. Digestive juices began to flow, and her tummy rumbled in eager anticipation. Embarrassed, she clutched frantically at her

tuck right in! Make yourself at home, don't be shy! This feast was prepared especially in your honor!" Willow tried to salvage her tattered dignity with a wretched attempt at courtesy: "But how kind of you, grandma! How in the world

clue. Up until just a few days ago, neither of them had even suspected the connection they

workplace, he was the CEO in charge of a massive

no reason someone in his position would be bothered to

seemed pleasantly

The truth is, I adore seafood myself-and so does our Jasper! It seems to me that the two of you have plenty in common with each other! Thank goodness... I'd have to object to this courtship, otherwise! Instead, it looks like the two of you are a match made in heaven! To think that you'd enjoy eating seafood too...

head bashfully, and giggled a little. "Just a lucky

were the odds that Jasper Hughes might also have

beside Cindy,

lobster flesh, and placed it onto Cindy's dish. "Go on, eat up before

the shell from a section of lobster, and left that generous morsel upon Willow's

being polite and reserved... but now, here was a whole chunk of lobster goodness, staring up at

it had come from Jasper's own hand, no

and mollified by this gesture of affection,

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