After a brief pause, I asked, "Well, how should I address her?"

Raising his brows, he raised his gaze at me. "Well, you should be addressing her like she's your mother-in-law... I guess 'Mom' would work!" he said, smirking. "Anyway, her name is Hermione... or Mrs. Milton."

I frowned, speechless at his remark.

Not long after that, Sebastian's mother, Hermione came knocking. Clad in an apron, she said, "Lunch's ready!"

Sebastian nodded and said smilingly, "Right, we'll be there in a bit."

As Hermione left, he narrowed his eyes seriously. "Be sure to carry yourself well," he said. "And watch your words, please."

did

teahouse's dining

a private space with classic furniture. Though it

a bunch of sunflowers on the dining table, probably artificial. As I took a seat, I was taken aback to find that those were real flowers.

led me to take a seat. Smilingly, she said, "Please help yourself with these simple dishes. If Sebastian had informed me beforehand, I would have prepared more scrumptious dishes. I'll cook up a storm the

shook my head. "It's alright, Mrs. Milton," I said. "These dishes are

to him. She kept serving me food, so much so that I felt nauseous looking at the pile of dishes on my plate. I wanted to stop her, but I held back as she was merely being a gracious hostess. Besides, I was pregnant, so I

eating. I dashed to

over and asked worriedly, "Are you alright? Feeling unwell? Shall

head, and said smilingly,

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