My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 173 She forced herself to smile, in order to hide the turbulent emotions churning inside her.

As repayment, she picked up a prawn herself, shelled it deftly, and presented it to Jasper. "Mr. Hughes- ah, I mean... Jasper, have one yourself."

Jasper said nothing... but he took it from her, and ate it.

Cindy watched this intimate exchange between them with growing delight. "The men of the Hughes family are such romantic gentlemen, only peeling prawns for that one special woman."

As she said this, she turned and gazed at Frank Hughes, at her side, with eyes radiating fond affection.

Their marriage had carried well past forty years, now. Forty years, this man had peeled prawns for her... When she saw Jasper doing the same for Willow, she knew the boy had found true love.

Frank gave her the same look in return, and went on peeling prawns for her.

Willow beheld the looks of love and appreciation being exchanged between the elderly couple, and felt deeply moved by the tenderness they shared.

It was hard enough, to be able to grow old together. Even more so, to remain as in love with each other as when you first started out.

And yet, here was a couple who'd found that fairy tale come true, happily ever after.

Cindy had mentioned that only true love could move the men of the Hughes family to shuck a woman's seafood.

done exactly that

Could it be...?

beginning to catch the real meaning behind the old woman's

she caught sight of his handsome visage, cold and austere... her

knife and fork, and set to work on a king crab, hoping no one would notice that she was turning the same color as the cooked

away haphazardly, unable to

let me." He reached over with his own

sizable hunk

one of the claws. This,

make busy with something... she hadn't even been holding her utensils right, and so had acted like

to bury her face in

she

of fruit juice, and set it on the table beside her

carefully on the crab meat, keeping

family. All they had between them was that one night of passion, five years

be a simple social call, just to make their acquaintance. Instead, there had been all this talk

and her was based

that when a man of the Hughes family peeled prawns for a

been removed from its shell-by Jasper's