Pampered By Power: The True Heiress Returns

Chapter 236

Chapter 236

The enticing aroma of fish filled the kitchen, and Holden couldn’t help but swallow hard as he watched Elysia busily preparing the meal. Concern filled his heart as he said, “Elysia, maybe we shouldn’t have come.”

Elysia paused for a moment, taken aback. Their eyes met, and seeing the regret in his expression, she responded gently, “What makes you say that all of a sudden?”

Holden sighed. “If we hadn’t come here, you wouldn’t need to wade into the river to catch fish, and you wouldn’t have to cook for us. Elysia, it’s my fault you’re going through all this trouble.”

He regretted not learning how to cook when he was younger. Now, he felt useless, just standing there and watching her work.

He thought about how it would have been better if he had brought along two cooks. Then Elysia wouldn’t have to toil away in the kitchen.

A wry smile crept onto Holden’s lips. He could indeed hire two cooks to take the load off Elysia.

With that thought, joy lit up his face. “Elysia, I’ll go to the village right now and find two cooks–just enough to help in the kitchen. That way, you won’t have to wear yourself out.”

Just as he was about to leave, Elysia called out, “Wait a moment.”

“Is there anything else I can do, Elysia?” Holden asked, his curiosity evident.

Elysia smiled softly, recalling why she had started cooking in the first place. It was out of concern for Jack’s health that year. She had begun experimenting with medicinal recipes to help him regain his strength.

To incorporate healing herbs into meals, she had to know about the ingredients and get the cooking right. Over time, she found a passion for cooking that she hadn’t expected.

What seemed trivial to her stirred deep sympathy in Holden’s heart.

looked at the bewildered Holden and smiled gently. “I’m not tired, and you really don’t need to look

for them and rarely took on the role of a

more responsibilities, the elders often worried and told her that too much work might roughen her delicate hands. To help her

a few days later. Elysia then realized that with the limited time she had left, she should care for the elders and cook for them.

still standing there, speechless, Elysia added, “In a couple of days, our cook will be back. Once she’s back,

into the courtyard, making the appetites of sev people who had felt no hunger

for a treat today; Elysia’s cooking is amazing. You will

Javier said, surprise evident in his voice.

taught herself. This girl has always been quick on the uptake, mastering everything

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me away by figuring out how they could help.. She even started making her own pills–all of which led her to

her parents when she was very young, Although we care for her like she’s our

always carried burdens far too heavy for someone her age, suffering in silence without bothering us with her troubles. We know this, yet she

she was barely alive, her body frozen and bruised. If she hadn’t been

and Javier listened closely, their expressions turning

felt empathy for Elysia and couldn’t help but lament why they hadn’t discovered her troubles sooner. She had endured such a harsh existence alone for

hadn’t stumbled upon her during his herbal journey, they might never have seen her again. After all this time, they owed

himself that the Evans family would always remember this kindness; without them, there would be no Elysia

evil crossed Fabian’s mind, a flicker of anger darkened his brow, and he clenched his hands tightly under the stone table.

day, he would make that shadowy figure pay a terrible

on his face. Over the years, they had enjoyed a warm and loving life in

alive, their home was filled with

that while they rejoiced, Elysia might have been in the corner, tending to her own